"Zeitgeist Films has acquired all U.S. rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's relationship drama "The Climate." A late fall release is planned. The Turkish-French co-production, shot in HD video, stars the director as a college teacher and his offscreen wife, Ebru Ceylan, as an art director. Their characters' May-December romance begins falling apart during a summer beach vacation and is further tested when another woman enters the picture..." (full details)
"Bristol Bay Prods. has tapped Suzanne Francis and Gabe Grifoni ("Wieners") to pen an untitled tech school project. The comedy revolves around a group of underdog nerds at a top engineering school who compete in a campus scavenger hunt filled with peril and impossible puzzles..." (full details)
"Legendary film and television composer Mark Snow is teaming up with legendary French director Alain Resnais for the film "Petites Peurs Partagees" ("Private Fears in Public Places"). The new film, adapted from the award-winning play of the same name, offers a darkly comedic glimpse into the lives of six lonely characters and the strange circumstances that connect them. Mars Distribution will release the film in France on November 22. This is the first time Resnais has commissioned an American composer for one of his films. Snow is widely recognized for his iconic "X-Files" theme and numerous other television and film projects including "Crazy in Alabama" and "The Oldest Confederate Widow Tells All."
