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Cannes: J.C. Chandor Sets Next Project 'A Most Violent Year'

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: All Is Lost and Margin Call director J.C. Chandor has set his next project. He will write and direct A Most Violent Year which will shoot this fall in New York City. The logline is being kept under wraps, but I’m told a group of A-listers are being approached and that there will be several in the movie. 1 day 5 hours ago via donnieyen

Todd Haynes to Direct Cate Blanchett & Mia Wasikowska in Carol

comingsoon.net – Todd Haynes, the director behind films like Velvet Goldmine and I'm Not There has signed on to direct Carol , Screen Daily reports. He replaces the previously-announced John Crowley. 2 days 12 min ago via donnieyen

Barry Levinson To Direct Shanghai Love Story (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com – Barry Levinson has come on board to direct an untitled love story, set in Shanghai and Leningrad, with Shanghai Film Group financing and Mike Medavoy, Rafaella De Laurentiis and Edward McGurn producing. Production will start in February in Shanghai with Shanghai Film Group fully financing the project, with a budget in the $40 million to... 2 days 22 hours ago via jetli

McG Chasing Down 'Hunter Killer' for Relativity (Exclusive)

variety.com – Having already worked together on “3 Days to Kill,” Relativity and McG appear ready to reunite as he is in negotiations to helm the long-in-development “Hunter Killer” for the studio. Neal Moritz and Toby Jaffe are producing from a script by Jamie Moss, John Kolvenbach and Arne Schmidt. Tucker Tooley is exec producing. 4 days 41 min ago via jackiechan

Oscar Winner Ari Sandel to Direct 'The DUFF' for CBS Films (Exclusive)

thewrap.com – Ari Sandel won an Oscar in 2007 for his live-action short film "West Bank Story" and now he's attached to direct "The DUFF" for CBS Films, TheWrap has learned. Josh A. Cagan ("Bandslam") adapted the coming-of-age novel by Kody Keplinger. 6 days 21 hours ago via jetli

Spike Lee Taking Over 'Gold' Drama from Director Michael Mann

feedproxy.google.com – Though director Michael Mann was once slated to direct Gold, a film based on a true story about the 1993 Bre-X Mineral Corporation mining scandal, the project has now fallen into the hands of Spike Lee. The script from Patrick Massett and John Zinman was crafted as a writing sample, but Paul Haggis (the director Crash and The Next Three Days) developed it as a project before getting Mann involved. 1 week 3 hours ago via jetli

'Crouching Tiger' sequel to be directed by 'The Matrix' and 'Kill Bill' choreographer Yuen Wo Ping

hitfix.com – The Weinstein Company has announced today that production on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II: The Green Destiny" will begin in March of 2014 in Asia. Yuen Wo Ping is set to direct after serving as a choreographer on the original film, which was directed by Ang Lee was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, winning four. 1 week 23 hours ago via jackiechan

Cannes: Voltage Taps Gabriele Muccino To Helm Black List 'Fathers And Daughters'

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Productions has set Gabriele Muccino to direct Fathers And Daughters, a Black List script by Brad Desch. Voltage is out to cast on the film and is looking to sell it here at Cannes. Muccino helmed the Will Smith films The Pursuit Of Happyness and Seven Pounds after coming to Hollywood off the success of L’Ultimo Bacio. 1 week 1 day ago via donnieyen

Cannes: Scarlett Johannson Making Directing Debut On Truman Capote's 'Summer Crossing'

deadline.com – BREAKING: Actress Scarlett Johansson will make her helming debut on Summer Crossing, an adaptation of Truman Capote’s first novel. Aldamisa will sell international rights here at Cannes, and CAA will make the domestic distribution deal. The plot: a 17-year-old debutant opts out of her parents’ Parisian travels to foster a romance with a Jewish valet parking attendant in the middle of a 1945 summer NYC heat wave. 1 week 1 day ago via jackiechan

Drew Goddard in Negotiations to Write and Direct 'The Martian' for Fox (Exclusive)

thewrap.com – Hot off his buzzed-about horror movie "The Cabin in the Woods," Drew Goddard is in negotiations to write and direct "The Martian" for Fox. Based on the e-book by Andy Weir, "The Martian" follows an astronaut who becomes stranded on Mars and must figure out how to survive long enough to return home. 1 week 1 day ago via theothersenhman