"Mexican helmer Alfonso Arau ("Like Water for Chocolate") and scribe-novelist Laura Esquivel are reteaming on a biopic of Argentinian tango legend Carlos Gardel. Italian cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and Argentinian art director Eugenio Zanetti for musical "El dia que me quieras" (Dare to Love Me). Pic, budgeted at $10 million, is skedded to start shooting in Paris and Buenos Aires in September..." (full details)
"US banner MonteCristo Entertainment, Japan's Amuse Aica and Scandinavia's Noble Entertainment will produce a Japanese pic based on "Grudge" and "Old Boy" author Kei Ohishi's new novel "Apartment 1303 -- Some Rentals Are Too Good to Be True!" "Apartment 1303" will be shot in Japan in the first quarter of 2006; the trio also own the U.S. remake rights..." (full details)
"Fred Wolf will make his directorial debut in Level 1 Entertainment and Happy Madison Prods.' "Strange Wilderness," a comedy written by Wolf and Peter Gaulke. 20th Century Fox will distribute the film in the U.S., U.K. and Italy. Steve Zahn ("Chicken Little," "Sahara") and Allen Covert ("Grandma's Boy," "50 First Dates") have signed on to star in the film, which starts shooting Nov. 10 in Los Angeles. Adam Sandler will produce..." (full details)
Thanks to 'KC'
