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Sony Nabs Woody Allen’s “Midnight In Paris”
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to Woody Allen’s latest, “Midnight in Paris.” Letty Aronson, Steve Tenenbaum and Jaume Roures produced the film, which was financed by Mediapro, the Spain-based company that also funded Allen’s last two films, “Vicky Christina Barcelona” and “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.” “Paris” stars Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen and Owen Wilson.
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The BEST News We Will Hear All Day: Bond Is Back in ‘12!
MGM has answered our fevered prayers! James Bond will back in theaters Nov. 9 of next year with production on the 23rd movie starting late this year. The announcement came today from longtime Bond movie producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Prods. and newly installed MGM toppers Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum. Daniel Craig will be return as Bond with Sam Mendes directing a screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan. Words cannot express how exciting this news is, or how quickly that date was circled on our calendar. Celebrate good times! Come on!
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DreamWorks Picks Up “Monkeys of Bollywood”

DreamWorks Animation has gone ape for “Monkeys of Bollywood,” roping in composer A.R. Rahman, Broadway lyricist Stephen Schwartz and husband-and-wife producing team Gurinder Chadha and Paul Berges to fast-track the studio’s first animated feature musical. Hindu epic poem “The Ramayana” inspired the Bollywood-style animated musical, set in Mumbai. Film revolves around two monkeys who try to stop an ancient demon from conquering the world.
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Parker, Hawkes Head To “The Playroom”
Molly Parker and John Hawkes (”Winter’s Bone”) have been signed to star in indie drama “The Playroom,” written by Gretchen Dyer and directed by her sister Julia Dyer. ”The Playroom” is produced by Stephen Dyer (”Hysteria”) and Angie Meyer of Ten96 Films. Shooting’s under way in Dallas. Parker and Hawkes, who worked together on “Deadwood,” are portraying suburban parents of four in 1975. Their volatile teenage daughter, played by Olivia Harris, acts as surrogate mother to the younger children, who have created a make-believe world in their attic hideaway while the parents act out a sordid story below. Cody Linley portrays the daughter’s boyfriend.
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