This, That and the Other
Neil Jordan has put together financing for his self-scripted film Ondine in which Colin Farrell plays a fisherman in southwest Ireland who reels in a sea nymph played by Alicja Bachleda (Trade). The film begins shooting in mid-July.
Meanwhile, Cameron Crowe is stirring up an as-yet-untitled romantic comedy starring Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon. Scott Rudin is producing (what isn’t he producing?) and filming is set to begin in January. It will be interesting to see if Crowe can bounce back from the critical drubbing he took with Elizabethtown.
Next up, Harrison Ford takes off the fedora and puts down his whip for Crowley (I could’ve sworn when I wrote this last night it was called The Cure), the true story of a scientist who helps a couple find a cure for a genetic disorder afflicting their two children. The script is by Robert Nelson Jacobs (Chocolat) from a Wall Street Journal article and a book by Geeta Anand. Here’s hoping Ford can bring some of the energy he brought to the latest Indy film instead of sleepwalking through the production.
Finally, David Lynch’s daughter Jennifer, who most recently made an appearance at Cannes with her new film Surveillance, has signed up for a film called Nagin. The Indian production is based on the myth of a snake woman who takes human form and it will star Mallika Sherawat and Irfan Khan (The Namesake, A Mighty Heart, The Kingdom). Irfan Khan deserve more attention than he gets…so here I am doing my share.
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Ugh, Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon? For some reason that pairing doesn’t sound at all good in the abstract but I guess it could work. Cameron Crowe, though, could use a guiding hand like Scott Rudin right about now so that’s some good news, I think.
Nice to see Harrison Ford attempt to rejuvenate his career through the newest Indy. Things were looking positively bleak a couple years back with Firewall. Goodness.
The Neil Jordan and Jennifer Lynch projects have captured my interest.
Odd that most of my enthusiasm among all this news is saved for Irfan Khan.
Yeah I’m happy to see Ford back. Hopefully he’s learned his lesson about picking roles in the last 10 years.
I hated Elizabethtown. That’s not nice. I REALLY didn’t like it.
As long as Farrell is actually playing an Irishman and not a New Yorker or something, I can dig it.
Apparently the Ford picture is called Crowley and not The Cure. Not sure if I misread or if Variety corrected themselves.