"20th Century Fox & Penn Station Entertainment have acquired an untitled comedy pitch by scribes Derek Guiley and David Schneiderman. The writer's script is based on a real-life seminar class where adults, mostly executives who have lost touch with "what's in," go for a crash course in "cool." In the duo's story, four out-of-touch ad execs end up in a high school and find themselves falling into the roles they were in as teenagers..." (full details)
"Sanaa Hamri ("Something New") will direct Iraqi war drama "Dreams of a Dying Heart" for Focus Features. Script, penned by Shawn Otto ("House of Sand and Fog"), centers on a journey through the mind of a female chopper pilot who's shot down in Iraq and finds herself in a race against time to save her own life and find a way back to her 18-year-old daughter..." (full details)
"Gerard Depardieu's twin son and daughter, Guillaume and Julie Depardieu, will appear in "Les jours fragiles," a biopic about 19th century French poet Arthur Rimbaud, helmed by Francois Dupeyron. "Gerard Depardieu's kids were an obvious choice to play the Rimbaud siblings given that Gillaume has lost a leg, just like Arthur Rimbaud," said a spokeswoman for film funder Eurimages, which has given the pic $600,000..." (full details)
