After working together in Fernando Meirelles’ 2005 drama The Constant Gardener, it looks like Rachel Weisz and Ralph Fiennes will be back on screen together again. The Daily Mail reports screenwriter and playwright David Hare (The Hours, The Reader) will direct the duo in Page 8, an espionage thriller which he also wrote himself. Though a logline isn’t given, the title refers to the eighth page of a highly classified, secret document, which will likely drive most of the characters’ motivations throughout the film. This also stars Michael Gambon (The Book of Eli), Bill Nighy (Pirate Radio) and Judy Davis (Marie Antoinette). In the BBC backed thriller Nighy will play an MI-5 operative who believes Weisz’s character poses a threat to him while Michael Gambon plays the director general of the Security Service. It’s unclear what roles Fiennes and Davis will be taking, and while the thriller will certainly be grounded in reality, Hare was quick to point out that the story is completely fictional and no characters in the film represent anybody in real life. Part of me wonders if this is simply a way of getting around the fact that this may have actually been inspired by some sort of espionage story in the headlines of UK papers similar to how episodes of Law & Order technically aren’t representative of real people or stories. Either way, with a cast like this, it’s a film to keep our eye on

Source: FirstShowing.net

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to drama The Whistleblower, starring Rachel Weisz, and has set an August release. Pic, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, is directed by first-time filmmaker Larysa Kondracki and also stars Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci and David Strathairn. Voltage Pictures, selling the film at AFM, has sold numerous major territories on the political drama, including Germany (SquareOne), France (Euro TV), Canada (eOne), Australia (Hopscotch) and Brazil (Imagem). Weisz portrays a Nebraskan police officer who takes a job working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and finds her expectations of helping to rebuild a devastated country dashed when she uncovers a dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up and intrigue. The Whistleblower is produced by Christina Piovesan, Amy Kaufman and Mandalay Vision’s Celine Rattray, exec produced by Nicolas Chartier and Sergei Bespalov and co-produced by Benito Mueller and Wolfgang Mueller. Eilis Kirwan and Kondracki co-wrote the screenplay. Other international distributors that have signed are: Latin America (Polar Star); Scandinavia (Scanbox); Hong Kong (Sundream); Singapore (Archer); India (AXN); Portugal (CLMC); Turkey (D Productions); Taiwan (Deepjoy); Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru (Delta Films); Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile (Deskylin); Middle East (Gulf); Mexico (Gussi); Romania (Mediapro); Iceland (Myndform); Ex-Yugoslavia (Pandora); Indonesia (PT Parkit); Switzerland (Rialto); Israel (Shapira); and Greece (Village Roadshow). Pic also secured a deal for pay television in Asia through Star TV.

Source: Variety.com

Eva Mendes, Jessica Biel and Rachel Weisz have unveiled their directorial debuts at the annual Glamour Reel Moments event in Los Angeles. The three actresses stepped behind the camera for the first time as part of the magazine’s yearly project, which sees women tackle short films based on readers’ real-life stories. Mendes put forward a movie called California Romanza, which stars Christina Ricci, while Rachel Weisz directed The Thief and Biel helmed Sodalis, about the friendship of two young girls. All three films were unveiled at a star-studded ceremony in L.A. on October 25. The trio follows in the footsteps of past contributors including Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Courteney Cox, Kate Hudson and Kirsten Dunst. Demi Moore, who has also taken part in the project in the past, attended the event and later wrote a message to the three actresses on her Twitter.com page: “Celebrating this year’s Glamour Reel Moments directorial debuts of 3 amazing women Jessica Biel, Eva Mendes & Rachel Weisz! Great work ladies!”

Source: Contactmusic

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There isn’t really much, and what it is isn’t significant, but considering that his fans are often an information-seeking group, this will have to do for now. First, Barry Pepper has joined the cast which already boasts Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz. His character is said to be a priest, as is Bardem’s. How this could tie into the “romantic drama” aspect of the story is anybody’s guess, but one could posit some theories as to its role in the film. That’s all for now, but it’s certainly better than the straws we’ve been grasping at looking for details on this movie’s production.

Source: TheFilmStage