"New Line has picked up feature rights to Eileen Cook's rom-com novel "In the Stars". Story centers on a woman pretending to be a psychic, learning the tricks of the trade, in order to get back her boyfriend by misleading his new girlfriend. Her plan backfires when a fake prediction comes true, making her famous..." (full details)
"Zeitgeist Films has acquired all U.S. rights to "Into Great Silence", a look behind the walls of a French Alps monastery that won the world cinema special jury prize for best documentary feature at January's Sundance Film Festival. It took director Philip Groening 16 years to get permission to film the Carthusian monks of the Grand Chartreuse monastery..." (full details)
"Howard and Karen Baldwin are teaming with David E. Kelley to produce a feature based on the origins of the World Hockey Assn. and hockey great Gordie Howe. Kelley will also oversee the scripting process, though it's not yet decided if he'll write. The film's story will focus on the 1973-74 season when Howe, then 44, returned to pro hockey after two years in retirement and played on the same team as his two sons, Mark and Marty, in the upstart World Hockey Assn. Howe's wife Colleen served as agent-manager for the trio, which led the Houston Aeros to the championship, with the elder Howe named league MVP..." (full details)
"StudioCanal will handle international sales on "The Age of Ignorance," Canadian helmer Denys Arcand's follow-up to "The Barbarian Invasions." Story concerns a downtrodden civil servant, played by Marc Labreche, given to Walter Mitty-style fantasies in which he is a famous writer. Diane Kruger co-stars in the pic, lensing in Canada..." (full details)
