Sweet Baby Jesus [False Rumor]

[Paola]

Hi everybody!

Pierce and Melanie Griffith will make a movie together: "Sweet Baby Jesus".

In February they will start shooting at "Lumiq Studios" in Turin, Italy.

In the movie there will be also Morgan Fairchild, his son Sean and the singer Pixie Lott.

www3.lastampa.it/torino/sezioni/cinema/articolo/lstp/92322/

[Ace]

Errr, that doesn't sound too promising. Not exactly the most quality director or cast. I wonder if he'sa doing it just to do something with Sean. I wonder how big his role is - if it's maybe a cameo.

[formermi6agent]

When is Pierce going to do another blockbuster action movie? He needs something like Sean Connery's The Rock.

[Myrtle Groggins]

Thanks for the info, Paola.

Here's the Google translation:

Titled "Sweet Baby Jesus"
le riprese a febbraio presso shooting in February at
i Lumiq Studios i Lumiq Studios

torino Turin

Si girerà a Torino, in febbraio il nuovo film di Steve Bendelack, (il cui ultimo "Mr Bean va in vacanza" ha sbancato il box office con un incasso di 220 milioni di dollari in tutto il mondo) "Sweet Baby Jesus", con Melanie Griffith, Morgan Fairchild, Pierce Brosnan con a fianco suo figlio Sean, la cantante inglese Pixie Lott, in cima alle classifiche inglesi con "Mama do". It will run in Turin in February, the new film by Steve Bendelack, (the last "Mr. Bean's Holiday," he'll crack the box office with $ 220 million dollars around the world) "Sweet Baby Jesus", with Melanie Griffith, Morgan Fairchild, Pierce Brosnan at the side with his son Sean, singer English Pixie Lott, atop the British charts with "Mama do. L'annuncio è stato dato oggi anche per via del Torino Film Festival in corso fino a domani, dalla Lumiq di Torino, finanziatore del progetto accanto a Uniproductions, Cine8media e Fip (Film Investimenti Piemonte). The announcement was made today also because of the Turin Film Festival in progress until tomorrow, from Lumiq of Turin, financier of the project next to Uniproductions, Cine8media and Fip (Film Investment Piedmont).

Il film, ambientato nel Mariland, verrà girato, per il 90% alla Lumiq di Torino, il 10% nel Mariland. The film, set in Maryland, will be shot, 90% to Lumiq of Turin, 10% in Maryland. Il budget si aggira intorno ai 5 milioni di euro. The budget is around 5 million euros. La storia, dissacrante, racconta di un giornalista di 50 anni che si accinge a rendere pubblica le vicende di un uomo in procinto di essere giustiziato. History, irreverent, tells of a journalist of 50 years is about to make public the story of a man about to be executed. Un tema universale che si colora della consapevolezza dell'esistenza della pena di morte, brutale fil rouge con la società di 2000 anni fa. A universal theme that turns the awareness of the existence of capital punishment, brutal common thread to the society of 2000 years ago. Con un flashback si verrà catapultati negli Anni 70, dove Mary e Joe sono due hippy in viaggio per Bethlehem (Maryland), per far visita a Darlene, la madre di Mary, per Natale. In a flashback, you will be thrown in the '70s, where Mary and Joe are two hippies on their way to Bethlehem (Maryland), to visit Darlene's mother, Mary, for Christmas. Da lì si dipanerà una serie di situazioni divertenti giocati intorno allo gravidanza di Mary. From there dipanerà a series of situations funny games around the pregnancy of Mary.

Sounds a bit odd -- the plotline, not the translation, although that's a bit off, too.

And this brings up a question, why do we translate the names of European cities and countries instead of using the name the locals use: Milan instead of Milano, Rome instead of Roma, Turin instead of Torino? Not just Italian locales, but all other language locales.

[Ace]

MG, yes the synopsis is um unique. ;-)

I don't know why cities and countries are translated but every country seems to translate into their own language. I.E: Estados Unidos, Nueuva York, Londres

[Ace]

Pierce isn't mentioned as part of the cast but Sean is still attached

www.collider.com/2010/07/21/adrien-brody-sharon-stone-sweet-baby-jesus-sam-rockwell-kim-cattrall/

Adrien Brody and Sharon Stone to Replace Sam Rockwell and Kim Cattrall in SWEET BABY JESUS
by Matt Goldberg Posted:July 21st, 2010 at 1:44 pm

We have a bit of casting change-up for you this afternoon. Deadline reports that Adrien Brody and Sharon Stone are replacing Sam Rockwell and Kim Cattrall in the religious comedy Sweet Baby Jesus. While I’m always bummed when Rockwell leaves a project, Adrien Brody is no slouch and Sweet Baby Jesus has a solid premise: “Joe (Brody), a guy who finds himself accompanying his pregnant teenage girlfriend to Bethlehem, Maryland during the 1970s. His girlfriend’s name is Mary (Pixie Lott) and soon the town is agog that it’s about to witness the Second Coming.” Stone will play Mary’s mother. Sean Brosnan (son of Pierce Brosnan) has also joined the cast, and Bette Midler is still on board to play the innkeeper.