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Entries in Miramax (5)

Thursday
30Apr2009

'Tell No One' remake set at Miramax

No, I still haven't seen Guillaume Canet's French thriller "Ne le dis à personne" (Tell No One), but I've heard great things about it, and I'll definitely try to watch it some time this summer. The film was a success in France and even delivered a solid box office run in the U.S., and according to Variety, Miramax and Focus Features are planning to develop an English language remake.

Apparently, the studios are eyeing a production start date of spring 2010. No director or cast is currently attached. Based on the novel by Harlan Coben, the French thriller followed a pediatrician who's spent several years grieving the death of his wife when he suddenly discovers she may still be alive. François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Kristin Scott Thomas and François Berléand starred.

From what I've heard, "Tell No One" is a complex thriller with plenty of intriguing twists, and even though I still have to check it out, I somehow hope the Hollywood version won't alter the story line too much to make it more accessible to a larger audience. Knowing Hollywood, that's exactly what's going to happen, but then again, we do always have the original, right. Okay, now I really have to see this one.

Monday
03Nov2008

Miramax picks up ‘Last Night’

Miramax Films picked up distribution rights to Massy Tadjedin’s romance “Last Night” for $4 million, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The film centers on a couple’s surprising experiences while spending a night apart. While the husband shares a flirt with a colleague on a business trip, his wife accidentally runs into her past love.

Keira Knightley, Eva Mendes, Guillaume Canet and Sam Worthington star in the project, which is currently shooting in New York.

Tadjedin’s other screenwriting credits include “The Jacket” and upcoming drama “Wednesday.”

Two weeks ago, we posted a picture of Knightley on the NY set, which you can check out here.

Knightley’s upcoming projects include “King Lear” and “The Beautiful and the Damned.” Mendes will next star in Frank Miller’s “The Spirit.”

Worthington will star opposite Christian Bale in McG’s “Terminator Salvation.” Canet was last seen in the French thriller “Tell No One,” which he also adapted and directed.

Monday
20Oct2008

Miramax opts for ‘Divorce’

Miramax is set to develop “A.C.O.D. (Adult Children of Divorce),” a satirical comedy meant to add some humor to the usually painful process of divorce, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Written by Ben Karlin and Stu Zicherman, the film follows an adult who’s still suffering from his parents’ 15-year-old divorce.

Says the trade: the lead character discovers he was unknowingly part of a study on divorced children. He's enlisted in a follow-up years later that wreaks new havoc on his family.

“Six Degrees” co-creator Zicherman will direct the project and produce along with Karlin (who’s the head writer of “The Daily Show) and Bobby Cohen.

Karlin and Zicherman told THR they have been working on the script longer than any of their parents were married. That’s funny. Let’s hope the result of their efforts won’t make us regret the wait.

Monday
29Sep2008

Miramax to release ‘Boys Are Back’

Miramax Films picked up the rights to distribute Scott Hicks’ drama “The Boys Are Back,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Adapted by Allan Cubitt from Simon Carr’s novel “The Boys Are Back in Town,” the plot centers on a widower (Owen) trying to raise his two sons.

"I had been wanting to continue the relationship with Scott Hicks I had started so long ago on 'Shine,' " Miramax’s Daniel Battsek told THR.

Hicks’ directing credits include “Hearts in Atlantis,” “No Reservations” and “Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts.”

As for Owen, he recently starred in “Shoot ‘Em Up” and “Elizabeth: The Golden Age.” He will next be seen in Tom Tykwer’s “The International.”

Thursday
21Aug2008

Ben Affleck to board 'Extract'

Ben Affleck is in final talks to join Jason Bateman, Clifton Collins Jr., Mila Kunis and Kristen Wiig in Mike Judge's upcoming comedy "Extract," Variety reported earlier today.

The film follows the misadventures of a flower extract factory owner (Bateman) who's having trouble at work and at home. Affleck takes over the role of a lawyer, while Collins plays a factory worker who loses a body part in an accident.

Judge wrote the screenplay himself and will start shooting the project next week. Miramax is developing.

Affleck most recently directed "Gone Baby Gone." He will next be seen in Ken Kwapis comedy "He's Just Not That Into You," which opens everywhere Feb. 6, 2009.

Judge's directing credits include "Office Space" and "Idiocracy."