Diablo Cody purportedly the morning after her Oscar win for Juno (via Thompson on Hollywood)
DIABLO WILL DIRECT
We have been speculating for a long time that we're pretty likely to see "Young Adult," the Diablo Cody penned, Jason Reitman directed dramedy featuring Charlize Theron at this year's Telluride Film Festival. The Pair teamed up in 2007 at T-ride to put "Juno" on the path to success. And Reitman returned to Telluride in 2009 with "Up in the Air." So, although I don't think that it's a lock, I do think it's very likely.
In the midst of all of this speculation came the news last week that Reitman was already set for his next project..."Labor Day." I immediately slated it as a possible selection for TFF #39.
Now word all over the Internet yesterday that Cody will slide into the director's chair herself for her next script. Cody has penned a comedy entitled "Lamb of God" that she will calling the shots for (word is that Reitman will also be a producer for this film). Consequently, I'll be adding it to the "possibles" list for next year's Telluride Film Festival.
Here are a couple of links to posts about the announcement yesterday:
From HitFix:
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/awards-campaign/posts/diablo-cody-will-make-her-directorial-debut-with-lamb-of-god
The Wrap:
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/diablo-cody-make-feature-directorial-debut-lamb-god-28699
Thompson on Hollywood:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2011/06/29/mandate_buys_diablo_cody_script_lamb_of_god_for_her_to_direct
And from Cody herself:
http://honesttoblr.tumblr.com/post/7073255285/change-of-direction
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER TRAILER
Tomas Alfredson's "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" has already started to generate a lot of buzz for possible Oscar love, especially Gary Oldman who plays the role of George Smiley. There has been some thought that it could possibly be on the list of films for the 38th Telluride Film Festival or perhaps a "sneak". Yesterday, a teaser/trailer started popping up in many places and it looks terrific.
I have included the link for the embedded trailer at The Playlist. Playlist also says that TTSS is a virtual lock for the Venice Film Festival, which, as I've said before in this space, isn't a death sentence in as far as playing at T-ride, but probably reduces the chances that will happen. Expect one or two films to make the crossover between Venice and Telluride.
Here's the link to The Playlist post and the trailer...enjoy.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/watch_get_all_kinds_of_goosebumps_with_outstanding_teaser_trailer_for_tinke/
The TTSS IMDb page is here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340800/
OUR CONTINUING LOOK AT STUDIOS/PRODUCTION HOUSE/DISTRIBUTORS
I've been looking this week at various film companies and their recent connections to TFF to attempt to expose links and make deductive guesses at what we could see in September. Today let's examine the French film outfit Pathe...
Pathe films at the Telluride Film Festival over the past 4-5 years:
2006: Volver
2007: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2008: Slumdog Millionaire
2009: Farewell, Bright Star
2010: The Illusionist, 127 Hours
So what do they have their fingers on that could play in 2011? Two films are possible. Both played at the Cannes Film Festival, but neither is a cinch. More likely is probably Pedro Almodovar's "The Skin I Inhabit." It was generally well received at Cannes and Almodovar films have had a significant presence at Telluride over the years...but remember, his last film "Broken Embraces" did NOT play at TFF.
The other Pathe possibility is "Pater" (Father) directed by Alain Cavalier which was a virtual non-entity as far as response from Cannes was concerned. "Lukewarm" might be the best way to sum up the reaction it received there. Ioncinema's collective critical scorecard had it with an anemic 2.1. So, my feeling s that it is an unlikely presence at TFF #38.
Tomorrow we'll look at another French film company that also plays at Telluride and see what they have to offer as TFF #38 possibilities.
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