"George Clooney will topline "Michael Clayton," an indie legal thriller penned by and marking the helming debut of "The Bourne Supremacy" & "Devil's Advocate" scribe Tony Gilroy. Clooney and Steven Soderbergh's Section Eight, as well as Samuels Media, Mirage Enterprises and Castle Rock Entertainment, produce. In "Clayton," Clooney will play an elite New York attorney known among his colleagues as "The Janitor" because for 15 years he's worked behind the scenes to clean up his high-profile clients' messy personal problems. Story takes place over the four worst days of his career. Principal photography is scheduled to begin in January in New York City..." (full details)

"Asia Argento and Amira Casar will star in Gypsy filmmaker Tony Gatlif's "Transylvania." The film will begin shooting in late-September on a three million euro budget. Gatif took the best director Palme d'Or at last years Cannes for "Exils." Argento is also in negotiations to star in "Coin Locker Babies," adapted from the Japanese best-seller by Ryu Murakami and directed by commercial & video director Michele Civetta. Liv Tyler, Val Kilmer & Vincent Gallo also star..." (full details)

"Robert Downey Jr. is set to star in the adaptation of Dito Montiel's autobiography "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints." The drama, which will be directed by Montiel, tells the story of a boy growing up in Astoria, N.Y. during the 1980s. As his friends around him end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he begins to believe that he has been saved from their fate by saints. Downey will play the lead character as an adult, looking back over his life. The film is scheduled to begin shooting in New York City in July..." (full details)

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