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"Participant Prods. is teaming up with International Street Prods. to produce "The World According to Sesame Street." Linda Goldstein Knowlton and Linda Hawkins will direct and produce the documentary, which examines the history of the children's program as well as its cultural, political and social impact around the globe..." (full review) "Buena Vista Intl. and production company Harbour Pictures have reteamed for bawdy British comedy, "The Kinky Boot Factory." Directed by Julian Jarrold, the pic will co-star Chiwetel Ejiofor ("Dirty Pretty Things") and young Aussie Joel Edgerton. Edgerton plays Charlie Price, who reluctantly inherits an almost bankrupt shoe factory after his father's death. A chance encounter with a transvestite cabaret star (Ejiofor) gives Charlie the idea to save the factory by manufacturing erotic women's boots, to the dismay of his workforce. Shooting starts at the end of November..." (full review) "Catherine Zeta-Jones and her "Ocean's Twelve" producer Jerry Weintraub are reteaming on a new dramedy, "The Ivy Chronicles," for Warner Bros. Pictures. Based on a novel by author Karen Quinn, "Ivy" centers on a former highflying Wall Street woman who, after losing her job and finding her husband in bed with the wife of her replacement, establishes a kindergarten referral service for well-heeled Manhattanites vying to get their tots into the country's choice schools..." (full review) "Nick Films is joining Kerner Entertainment as a producer on Paramount's live-action/CG animation adaptation of E.B. Whites "Charlotte's Web." Paramount's also in talks with Walden Media to co-finance and produce. "Charlotte's Web," to be directed by Gary Winick, was set up with Kerner last year and is expected to start lensing in January..." (full review) Thanks to 'KC'.

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