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Post by Ace on Dec 2, 2009 10:35:56 GMT -5
If this happens Pierce will finally get his Michelle P. wish. I wonder who's supposed to direct and who's writing? www.variety.com/article/VR1118012056.html?categoryid=19&cs=1&ref=bd_intSplendid Film takes 'Conan' German distrib also takes 'Englishman' By ED MEZA BERLIN -- Markus Nispel’s upcoming “Conan” has been acquired for German-speaking territories and the Benelux countries. Produced by Avi Lerner’s Nu Image Films, the $90 million fantasy epic, seen as a remake of John Milius’ 1982 classic starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as a loose adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s original pulp stories, is among a slew of films acquired by Cologne-based Splendid Film at last month’s American Film Market. Splendid also nabbed “How to Make Love Like an Englishman,” a romantic comedy set to star Pierce Brosnan and Michelle Pfeiffer about an English literature professor who embarks on an affair with the mother of his much younger former wife.
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Post by Ace on Dec 2, 2009 10:44:40 GMT -5
www.infernodistribution.com/marche.htmAt the AFM Nov 2009 Brit Lit professor and one-time playboy Richard Haig finds himself on Love’s battlefield when his trophy wife takes off for L.A. with their son to marry a wealthy young entrepreneur. Richard takes over the guest house and launches a campaign to win them back but finds out that his mother-in-law can be a very “engaging” opponent. Writer: : Matthew Newman Director: Gill Junger Genre: Romantic Comedy
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Post by Ace on Dec 2, 2009 21:35:43 GMT -5
It also just picked up a distributor for Spain www.screendaily.com/festivals/afm/deaplaneta-picks-up-four-high-profile-us-titles-for-spain/5008754.articleDeaPlaneta picks up four high profile US titles for Spain 3 December, 2009 | By Chris Evans Leading Spanish distributor DeaPlaneta has closed Spanish rights to Robert Luketic’s Killers, starring Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher, and How To Make Love To An Englishman, starring Pierce Brosnan.DeaPlaneta’s head of acquisitions Yolanda Del Val had a busy AFM picking up three titles from Inferno: Gary Mckendry’s $40m action thriller The Killer Elite, starring Jason Statham as a former Navy Seal forced out of retirement to save his friend from assassins; Chuck Russell’s $70m 3D film Arabian Nights, a remake of the classic adventure story; and How To Make Love To An Englishman, set to star Pierce Brosnan as a professor and one time playboy, who tries to win back the love of his trophy wife after she leaves him for another man.DeaPlaneta also picked up Robert Luketic’s action comedy Killers (aka Five Killers) from Mandate Pictures. The film is a Lionsgate production and will star Ashton Kutcher as a former hit man whose life is ruined when a previous acquaintance hires some killers to track him down.
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Post by Ace on Sept 14, 2010 16:21:49 GMT -5
latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/09/casino-jack-director-hickenlooper-to-direct-englishman.htmlEXCLUSIVE: George Hickenlooper, the multi-dimensional filmmaker whose Beltway drama "Casino Jack" is one of the sleepers here in Toronto, is taking his eclectic career in yet another direction. Hickenlooper has signed on to direct "How to Make Love Like an Englishman," a drama about a Cambridge professor of Byronic poetry who himself lives a life of Byronic excess, until his advancing age forces him to reevaluate his priorities. Pierce Brosnan is set to star as said professor. (Michelle Pfeiffer had at one point been loosely attached to star as the female lead, but another actress is likely to take the role.)
There's a good pedigree to the film on the production side: Inferno Entertainment, the company behind summer sleeper "The Kids Are All Right," will produce the picture, which could shoot as early as the fall. (Incidentally, the story of a successful man coping with the vicissitudes of age was on display with the Toronto selection "Barney's Version," in which Paul Giamatti also plays a man of indulgences who's thrown for a loop later in life.)Hickenlooper, a self-described political junkie, has tackled myriad subjects. The filmmaker has now gone from the acclaimed 2003 documentary "Mayor of the Sunset Strip" to the Edie Sedgwick biopic "Factory Girl" (2006) to the political documentary "Hick Town" last year and, now, to the Kevin Spacey-toplined "Casino Jack." Amid all the films hyped as Oscar contenders in Toronto, the dramatized story of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, which comes out in theaters this fall from Dave Matthews' ATO, is one of those gems hidden in plain sight. The film traces, with colorful persuasiveness, the journey of a lobbyist who rises to the top of the K Street heap only to have an ugly and public fall from grace after an Indian casino influence-peddling scandal. (More on the movie from its principals shortly.) "Casino Jack," no relation to the Alex Gibney doc of the same subject and a similar name, includes an eerily convincing main character, whom Spacey incarnates as theatrical, duplicitous, complicated and sometimes even warm. Those nuances are something Hickenlooper says he explicitly sought from the character. "It's tough when you're a filmmaker and you go into a studio and they say, 'We have to like the character, or we have to sympathize with him.' " Hickenlooper said. "No you don't. Do you sympathize with Travis Bickle? No. But you do empathize with his loneliness. I've always been interested in antiheroes. Jack Abramoff is a great antihero." -- Steven Zeitchik
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Post by Ace on Sept 17, 2010 6:44:55 GMT -5
Another interview blurb by the new director: Since you've probably already started work on your follow-up film, what can we expect next? Well, I've got a project with Pierce Brosnan, a wonderfully rich romantic drama called How To Make Love Like An Englishman that I'm really excited about. ======================================== And the description of the film at the production site has changed from mother-in-law to sister in law. Hopefully it will be a rather older sister or the age dynamic will be lost. Then again the wife is now just a trophy wife an not a "much younger" trophy wife. ;-) Brit Lit professor and one-time playboy Richard Haig finds himself on Love’s battlefield when his trophy wife takes off for L.A. with their son to marry a wealthy young entrepreneur. Richard takes over the guest house and launches a campaign to win them back but finds out that his sister-in-law can be a very “engaging” opponent.
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Post by Ace on Oct 30, 2010 19:41:58 GMT -5
Tragic news, the director George Hickenlooper dies at just age 47. www.ifc.com/news/2010/10/george-hickenlooper-1963-2010.phpL.A TimesR.I.P., George Hickenlooper October 30, 2010 It feels like it was essentially yesterday that we talked to George Hickenlooper, the director of "Casino Jack," who died suddenly last night at the age of 47. Hickenlooper was found dead this morning in Denver, where he had traveled to support the gubernatorial campaign of his cousin, John Hickenlooper, and attend this coming week's Starz Denver Film Festival. We'd met and spoken to the filmmaker at last month's Toronto International Film Festival, and he came across as vibrant, candid and articulate in promoting the Kevin Spacey-starring Abramoff biopic, which is scheduled to come out in December. Hickenlooper The director spoke about his hopes for John's gubernatorial bid in Colorado (it's a tight race, he said, but the poll data was encouraging) his new project ("How to Make Love Like an Englishman," a drama with Pierce Brosnan about an older professor reevaluating his life, which he was preparing to shoot in November) and his interest in the intersection of politics and idealism. "There's something unique about the United States, a sense of individual rights and freedoms, and a sense of social and civic responsibility that we contributed to so much of the world," he said. "We lost that mission in the 1980s and 1990s, when we entered a gilded age, and the culture of individualism became a culture of avarice. It's seen in every aspect of our culture. Everything is totally commodified, even in box office. Do you care how many Big Macs McDonald's sold last week? How is that relevant? And that kind of feasting and ravenous thinking has seeped into the pores of our culture such that we've lost a sense of ourselves." Hickenlooper was an independent filmmaker par excellence, struggling to get movies his way even if they were out of sync with the Hollywood fashion. His best known work, "Hearts of Darkness," which took a compelling behind-the-scenes look at the shooting of "Apocalypse Now," documented some of those same struggles, while his 2006 Andy Warhol-Edie Sedgwick movie "Factory Girl" examined the troubled souls and diverse company of an artist. He also directed the documentary "Mayor of the Sunset Strip," about pop impresario Rodney Bingenheimer, and the feature drama "The Man From Elysian Fields," about a novelist who threatens to crack under various pressures. "It's tough when you're a filmmaker because you go into a studio and they say 'You gotta like a character,' " he said. " 'You gotta sympathize.' And I think 'No you don't.' Travis Bickle -- do you like Travis Bickle? No. But you empathize with his loneliness." Hickenlooper said that both politics and filmmaking had a tendency to increase one's cynicism, something he thought about a lot after studying and meeting with Abramoff, whom he found flawed and tragic. But he said it was important to fend off those thoughts. "Most people, 95% of people, are good people. It's the 5% who get seduced by power," he said, adding, "Abraham Lincoln said if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Hickenlooper summed up a worldview both pragmatic and ambitious. "As a storyteller I want my films to entertain -- what is it Louis B. Mayer said, 'if you want to send a message, call Western Union?' -- but I do want them to be worldly and relevant. I'm fascinated by failure, and I'm fascinated by finality. Shakespeare's historical plays are more universal than his comedies because they relate to the finality of life. Without finality, life would not be beautiful." -- Steven Zeitchik
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Post by Ace on Jun 9, 2011 23:50:19 GMT -5
Looks like it's back on (depending on funding and schedules). Michelle Pfeiffer is once again part of the probably cast and the plot summary has changed once again with Pfeiffer playing the older sister and Pierce's character no longer once married to the sister which changes the entire dynamic. hiltonmm.com/2011/05/working-on-how-to-make-love-like-an-englishman-feature-film-project/Working on: “How to make love like an Englishman” – feature film project. May 20, 2011 HOW TO MAKE LOVE LIKE AN ENGLISHMAN HMM LLC is supporting the film and assisting in funding efforts. Brit lit professor Richard Haig, a precocious [!?] womanizer, does the seemingly noble thing when Kate, a young American grad student, informs him she’s carrying his child… He moves to Los Angeles to be with her, only to find himself dumped shortly aBer the birth of his son. Richard despises L.A but stays to raise the boy, and embarks on a surprising romance with Olivia, his intellectual match, who also happens to be Kate’s older sister. Writer: Matthew Newman Director: Justin Chadwick Budget: $9,000,000 Genre: Romantic comedy Pre‐producMon start date: July 2011 Cast : Pierce Brosnan, Michelle Pfeiffer, Malin Akerman IMDB: Optioned Property Edit Info Contact: Inferno Entertainment www.inferno-entertainment.cominfo@info-entertainment.com Genre: Comedy / Romance more Summary: A drama about a Cambridge poetry professor who begins to re-evaluate his life of Byronic excess. more... Filmmakers: Justin Chadwick - Director [Bleak House, The Other Bolyn Girl, MI-5] Matthew Newman - Writer Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer ... Olivia Pierce Brosnan ... Richard Haig
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Post by Ace on Apr 22, 2013 17:20:26 GMT -5
I don't know if this is the project but it's the only one on the table that seems to fit and he's mentioned the film is still on his slate and will be done this year.
From Twitter:
Tom vaughan â€@tomvaughan5 movie w/ Pierce Brosnan and Kristin Scott Thomas meant to start in July.
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Post by Ace on May 8, 2013 17:06:39 GMT -5
Confirmed by Deadline Any way, this one is back on schedule after the sad premature death of the director a couple of years ago and Kristin Scott Thomas replacing Michelle Pffiffer www.deadline.com/2013/05/pierce-brosnan-to-show-how-to-make-love-like-an-englishman-isnt-he-irish/Pierce Brosnan's How To Make Love Like An EnglishmanPierce Brosnan, Jessica Alba and Kristin Scott Thomas will star in the Tom Vaughan-helmed sexually charged romantic comedy How To Make Love Like An Englishman, the Matthew Newman-scripted film that is backed by Southpaw Entertainment’s Richard B. Lewis, Irish Dreamtime’s Beau St. Clair and Envision Entertainment’s Grant Cramer. Solution Entertainment will sell the film in Cannes. Brosnan plays a Cambridge University professor who is forced to reexamine his hedonistic lifestyle after meeting a great gal (Thomas). Things get complicated when he impregnates her grad student stepsister (Alba). Pic will shoot in September, financed by Envision and Merced Media Partners, and will be Executive Produced by Stepan Martirosyan and Remington Chase of Envision, Raj Brinder Singh and Kevin Scott Frakes of Merced Media Partners, Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel of The Solution, and Jon Amiel. CAA represents the U.S. distribution rights. =============================== The film description seems to have changed yet again and really Kristin and Jessica Alba as sisters?
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Post by Ace on May 8, 2013 17:17:39 GMT -5
Variety: Pierce Brosnan, Jessica Alba, Kristin Scott Thomas Starring In ‘Englishman’ May 8, 2013
Foreign sales launching at Cannes
Dave McNary
In a pre-Cannes move, Pierce Brosnan, Jessica Alba and Kristin Scott Thomas have signed to star in indie romantic comedy “How to Make Love to an Englishman,” with production starting in early September.
Foreign sales will launch next week at Cannes with The Solution introducing the project, which has been in development for several years at Brosnan’s Irish Dreamtime banner. CAA is repping U.S. rights.
Tom Vaughn (“What Happens in Vegas”) is on board to direct from Matthew Newman’s screenplay.
Brosnan stars as a Cambridge University professor who meets his match in Scott Thomas’s character. He is forced to re-evaluate his life of excess after he gets her graduate student stepsister, played by Alba, pregnant.
Southpaw Entertainment’s Richard B. Lewis, Irish Dreamtime’s Beau St. Clair and Envision Entertainment’s Grant Cramer are producing “Englishman,” which is being fully financed by Envision and Merced Media Partners. Exec producers include Stepan Martirosyan and Remington Chase of Envision, Raj Brinder Singh and Kevin Scott Frakes of Merced Media Partners, Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel of The Solution, and Jon Amiel.
“This has long been a passion project for Beau and me,” Brosnan said. “We are so thrilled that the project has come together with this illustrious group of actors and filmmakers.”
Brosnan can currently be seen in Susanne Bier’s “Love Is All You Need.” Scott Thomas’ next film is Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Only God Forgives,” will premiere in competition at Cannes. Alba will be seen next in Dimension’s “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.”
Vaughan also signed recently to direct CrossDay Prods.’ “Tom Jones.” CrossDay is planning to begin shooting in the U.K. in the first quarter of 2014.
The Solution’s Cannes slate includes another Brosnan title, “November Man,” along with “Writers,” “Two Night Stand,” “Felony,” “Grand Piano” and “The Forger.”
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Post by Ace on May 8, 2013 17:32:26 GMT -5
www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=103979ComingSoon.net Alba and Brosnan Plan How to Make Love Like an EnglishmanMay 8, 2013 Jessica Alba, Pierce Brosnan and Kristin Scott are set to headline the romantic comedy How to Make Love Like an Englishman, Southpaw Entertainment’s Richard B. Lewis, Irish Dreamtime’s Beau St. Clair and Envision Entertainment’s Grant Cramer announced today. The film was written by Matthew Newman and will be directed by Tom Vaughan. The Solution Entertainment Group’s Lisa Wilson has come on board to handle international rights for the picture and will introduce the film to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. In the film Pierce Brosnan stars as a Cambridge University professor who meets his match in Kristin Scott Thomas, and is forced to re-evaluate his life of hedonistic excess after he manages to get Jessica Alba, her graduate student stepsister, pregnant. “'How to Make Love Like an Englishman' is truly one of the most entertaining scripts I have read for a very long time and this is one of the sexiest casts imaginable. The international marketplace is going to love it,” said Wilson and Nestel. “Matthew Newman’s entertaining and sophisticated screenplay has attracted a magnificent cast and director and we couldn’t be more pleased to see the picture come to life with the support of Envision Entertainment, Merced Media Partners and The Solution sales organization,” said Richard Lewis. "Englishman has an appealing blend of sex, style and sophisticated humor. On one level, it is fascinating study of a man who hides his total fear of love behind completely outrageous behavior. Pierce and I are very proud to be announcing Englishman at this year's market with our long time partner on the project, Richard Lewis, and our other amazing partners at Envision and The Solution,” said Beau St Clair. Pierce Brosnan continued “This has long been a passion project for Beau and me. We are so thrilled that the project has come together with this illustrious group of actors and filmmakers.” "This a sexy, fun adult comedy that we feel fills a huge need in the marketplace. It's also a perfect chance for Pierce, Kristin and Jessica to misbehave through deliciously drawn characters," said Envision's Grant Cramer. Set for an early September shoot, the film is being fully financed by Envision and Merced Media Partners, and will be Executive Produced by Stepan Martirosyan and Remington Chase of Envision, Raj Brinder Singh and Kevin Scott Frakes of Merced Media Partners, Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel of The Solution, and Jon Amiel.
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Post by Ace on May 8, 2013 20:15:21 GMT -5
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-20-hot-market-movies-508451Cannes: 20 Hot Market Movies5/8/2013 by Pamela McClintock Shop Till You Drop at Cannes There aren't as many big-ticket projects at this year's film market (yet), but there are plenty of dramas and biopics boasting top talent -- from Martin Scorsese to Justin Timberlake -- who will turn up to seduce buyers. To sell distribution rights to projects that have yet to begin filming, sales agents promise stars, but can they deliver? The foreign sales arena was rocked by the recent drama surrounding Natalie Portman's Western Jane Got a Gun, which lost its director (Lynne Ramsay, since replaced by Gavin O'Connor) then its leading men (Jude Law dropped out; Bradley Cooper was in, then out; Ewan McGregor is now in talks for the role). Because it's harder than ever to close deals with much-in-demand talent, it's more difficult to take a script to a film market. Before investing, buyers want assurances that a star will be available to start shooting. At this year's Cannes Film Market, for example, both Reese Witherspoon and Amy Adams have two projects each being shopped at script stage. Sales agents insist the scheduling will all work out, but the uncertainty could make for added drama on the Croisette. How to Make Love Like an EnglishmanStarring: Pierce Brosnan, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jessica Alba Director: Tom Vaughan Foreign Sales Company: The Solution Brosnan stars in this sexually charged romantic comedy as an English professor who finally meets his match in Olivia (Scott Thomas) when he gets her younger sister (Alba) pregnant.
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Post by Ace on Jun 27, 2013 18:38:25 GMT -5
www.screendaily.com/news/production/bron-southpaw-ink-two-film-deal/5057846.article?referrer=RSSBron, Southpaw ink two-film deal 27 June, 2013 | By Ian Sandwell Vancouver-based studio to fully finance and produce two features on Southpaw’s slate. Bron Studios has signed a deal with Southpaw Entertainment to fully finance and produce two features on Southpaw’s slate. The Vancouver-based studio will produce comedy Sports Chick and thriller The Architect for the Santa Monica-based Southpaw. Sports Chick was written by Gil Fortis, Kristen Gore, Jason Reitman and Richard B. Lewis and is set in the world of professional and college football, while The Architect was written by J. Craig Styles and centres on an ambitious young architect who becomes an unwitting pawn in an international conspiracy. Richard B. Lewis and Aaron L. Gilbert will produce with Southpaw’s head of production Gabrielle Jerou and Bron’s production executive Margot Hand co-producing. Creative Artists Agency brokered the deal on behalf of Southpaw and will represent the film’s domestic distribution rights. Southpaw is in pre-production on Tom Vaughan’s How To Make Love Like An Englishman, starring Pierce Brosnan, Kristen Scott Thomas and Jessica Alba, while Bron is currently in pre-production on Welcome To Me, starring Kristen Wiig and co-produced with Gary Sanchez Productions.
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Post by Ace on Jul 29, 2013 22:40:37 GMT -5
Small tidbit from a good and lengthy interview with Kristin Scott Thomas Scott Thomas has just finished filming Saul Dibb’s World War II drama Suite Francaise, with Michelle Williams and Matthias Schoenaerts. A "grown-up rom com," How To Make Love Like An Englishman, is next, with Pierce Brosnan. She has a short list of directors that she would drop everything to work with – Paul Thomas Anderson, Michael Haneke, and Andrea Arnold – but no desire to go fishing in Hollywood again. www.andrewpurcell.net/?p=1681
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 2, 2013 21:10:22 GMT -5
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Post by Ace on Oct 2, 2013 21:52:14 GMT -5
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 2, 2013 22:35:26 GMT -5
She was talking about several things she wasn't supposed to be talking about in that article Wonder if it's How to Make Love Like an Englishman? According to the casting call for that movie (that I posted in another thread), it seems like it will be filming in LA sometime mid-month. Maybe she has a cameo. I really enjoyed her and Pierce in After the Sunset, so it would be great to see them back together on the big screen.
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 7, 2013 11:27:04 GMT -5
Salma Hayek IS going to be in this film! www.deadline.com/2013/10/salma-hayek-lands-lead-in-how-to-make-love-like-an-englishman/#utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitterSalma Hayek Lands Lead In ‘How To Make Love Like An Englishman’ By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 7, 2013 @ 8:35am PDT EXCLUSIVE: Salma Hayek is joining Pierce Brosnan and Jessica Alba in How To Make Love Like An Englishman, the sexually charged romantic comedy that Tom Vaughan will direct. In the Matthew Newman-scripted indie comedy, Brosnan plays a Cambridge University prof who finds a woman who is his ideal match (Hayek), forcing him to reevaluate his life of hedonistic excess. This comes after he impregnates her grad student stepsister (Alba). The film’s produced by Richard B. Lewis, Beau St. Clair and Kevin Frakes and is a co-production between Palmstar Media Capital, Southpaw Entertainment, Irish Dreamtime and Envision. Brosnan will be exec producer with Raj Brinder Singh, Lisa Wilson, Myles Nestel and Remington Chase. The film is being funded by Merced Media Partners and Palmstar, with CAA handling U.S. distribution and The Solution Entertainment Group handling offshore sales. Hayes is repped by CAA and Management 360.
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 7, 2013 11:28:02 GMT -5
It's How to Make Love Like An Englisman!! Salma Hayek IS going to be in this film! www.deadline.com/2013/10/salma-hayek-lands-lead-in-how-to-make-love-like-an-englishman/#utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitterSalma Hayek Lands Lead In ‘How To Make Love Like An Englishman’ By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 7, 2013 @ 8:35am PDT EXCLUSIVE: Salma Hayek is joining Pierce Brosnan and Jessica Alba in How To Make Love Like An Englishman, the sexually charged romantic comedy that Tom Vaughan will direct. In the Matthew Newman-scripted indie comedy, Brosnan plays a Cambridge University prof who finds a woman who is his ideal match (Hayek), forcing him to reevaluate his life of hedonistic excess. This comes after he impregnates her grad student stepsister (Alba). The film’s produced by Richard B. Lewis, Beau St. Clair and Kevin Frakes and is a co-production between Palmstar Media Capital, Southpaw Entertainment, Irish Dreamtime and Envision. Brosnan will be exec producer with Raj Brinder Singh, Lisa Wilson, Myles Nestel and Remington Chase. The film is being funded by Merced Media Partners and Palmstar, with CAA handling U.S. distribution and The Solution Entertainment Group handling offshore sales. Hayes is repped by CAA and Management 360.
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Post by Ace on Oct 7, 2013 12:10:06 GMT -5
I gather KST dropped out. I really like her as an actress and it would have been fun to them them banter and spark on screen ina very "British" way. Salma is very much a different kind of actress so there will be a much different dynamic but they do sizzle on screen together. Salma and Jessica Alba do make for more believable sisters - even though strangely now they're step sisters.
So from mother/daughter who he is divorced from with a young child to sisters with younger pregnant, to step-sisters. From Michelle Pfiffer - KST - to Salma. I wonder how much else in the script has been re-written.
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