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Director's Chair: Agresti, Levant, Salvatores

By Garth Franklin Tuesday November 9th 2004 07:44PM

"Argentinean director Alejandro Agresti is coming on board to direct Warner Bros. Pictures' "Il Mare," an adaptation of the Korean romantic drama. The story revolves around a woman doctor and an architecture school dropout who live in the same house but are two years apart. The pair fall in love via letters they exchange through a mailbox that mysteriously bridges time"... (more details) "Blue Star Pictures and Revolution Studios have signed veteran comedy helmer Brian Levant to direct Cedric the Entertainer starrer "Mr. Lucky." Cedric will play Malcolm Crowley, a former Vegas high roller now broke and living contentedly at a spiritual retreat in the Tibetan Himalayas. He's mistaken for a multimillionaire, whisked away to the brand new Everest Casino in Las Vegas and given a $2 million credit line"... (more details) "Italian helmer Gabriele Salvatores has started lensing "Quo Vadis, Baby?," a pulpy psychological film noir about a private detective investigating her sister's suicide. Principal photography on the E3 million ($3.8 million) pic began Monday in Rome from a screenplay by Salvatores and longtime collaborator Fabio Scamoni"... (more details)

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