"Roadside Attractions has nabbed North American rights to Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitcross' political docudrama "The Road to Guantanamo." The film tells the true story of the Tipton Three, U.K. citizens who were imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for two years without any charges against them after traveling to a wedding in Pakistan. The film, which mixes interviews with the real prisoners and re-creations of their experience by actors, won the Silver Bear at this year's Berlin International Film Festival..." (full details)
"Touchstone Pictures has acquired "The Lighthouse," a claustrophobic thriller by Dean DeBlois ("Mulan", "Lilo & Stitch"). The story is set off the coast of Brittany in the English Channel, where lighthouses perch on solitary pieces of rock and lighthouse keepers live in isolation for two months at a time. When a man arrives to one lighthouse to install automated equipment, he meets two brothers who have been living there for years and begins to unravel their dark secrets..." (full details)
"Paramount has hired documaker Dana Adam Shapiro ("Murderball") to adapt and direct "The Every Boy," based on his debut novel of the same name, and set it up with Brad Pitt's Plan B to produce. Story revolves around the dead Henry Every, an eccentric teenager who leaves behind thousands of pages of diary entries that detail his unusual mindset and life experiences. Project marks Shapiro's first feature directing deal..." (full details)
