Renny Harlin will direct the action thriller "Run," set to begin shooting in Rome in October. 'Run' will feature some of the most complex car-chase scenes to hit the cinema in years" said one of the production representatives. The film tells the story of a rookie Interpol agent who pulls over an unsuspecting motorist for a traffic violation in Rome, triggering an unrelenting car chase that catapults the city into chaos..." (full details)

"Purple Rain" helmer Albert Magnoli will direct horror pic "Primal Scream" for Steven Gagnon's Gravity Pictures. "Primal Scream" pits five young adults against a mallet-wielding killer in a 15-hour rampage. Cast includes Victor Webster ("Sex And The City") and Stark Sands ("Shall We Dance"). Lensing begins in June in New Brunswick. Financing comes from Gravity Entertainment..." (full details)

"Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to Pedro Almodovar's upcoming pic "Volver," and also has quietly scooped up rights to three more of the Spanish auteur's films to prep a 2006 eight-picture retrospective under the banner "Viva Pedro" that will be distribbed nationally in the U.S. "Volver" lenses in Madrid and La Mancha from July 4 to Sept. 16, story concerns three generations of women surviving in Madrid and its lively working-class neighborhoods..." (full details)

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