"First Independent Pictures has picked up distrib rights to the rock docu "I Trust You to Kill Me" which features Kiefer Sutherland as a less-than-qualified band manager going on international tour with Rocco DeLuca & the Burden, who are signed with Sutherland and Jude Cole's indie music label Ironworks. The film is getting a limited release throughout September in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago..." (full details)
"In a follow-up to his "The Original Kings of Comedy," Walter Latham will produce "Queens of Comedy: Beyond Bars," a feature film of female comedians performing at the Tennessee Prison for Women. Latham has lined up Adele Givens, Sommore and Ms. Laura to host two shows in October before some 500 inmates in the lunch room at the Nashville prison. All three comediennes took part in Latham's "Queens of Comedy" tour in 2000 and the subsequent Showtime special..." (full details)
"Paramount Pictures has acquired an untitled action drama to be written by Dave Callaham ("Horsemen", "Station", "Barrow") and directed by Max Makowski ("One Last Dance"). Noir-style Par project begins with the murder of a mob boss. His current and former bodyguards unite to avenge his death. Lorenzo di Bonaventura will produce..." (full details)
"India's UTV Motion Pictures plans to invest $37 million to co-produce three Hollywood films - Fox Searchlight's Chris Rock-helmed "I Think I Love My Wife" plus two with Will Smith and James Lassiter's Overbrook Entertainment. UTV has put $7 million into "I Think I Love My Wife," which is scheduled for a February release. UTV will co-produce a live-action film and a CG-animated pic with Overbrook. Sony Pictures Entertainment has first look on both films..." (full details)
