62. Festival del Cinema di CANNES (13-24 Maggio 2009) - TRE PROGETTI PER GEORGE CLOONEY TRA CUI UN FILM IN ITALIA

19/05/2009 - (AGI) - Cannes, 19 maggio - Tre i progetti di GEORGE CLOONEY di cui si parla al Festival di Cannes. Per la Focus Features CLOONEY sara' il protagonista di A VERY PRIVATE GENTLEMAN, adattamento del romanzo di Martin Booth. Il film, girato in Italia, sara' diretto da Anton Corbijn. La sceneggiatura sara' di Joffe Rowan. CLOONEY interpretera' un assassino che si nasconde in un'idilliaca citta' italiana con il tentativo di rifarsi una vita e isolarsi dal mondo ma una romantica relazione complichera' le cose.

Il secondo progetto e' THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS, tratto dal libro Capre di guerra di Jon Ronson. Nel cast anche Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey e Jeff Bridges. Tratta del gruppo statunitense dei Soldati Psichici, nato nel '79. McGregor sara' un giornalista famoso che incontra un ex-membro della Us Army (Clooney) che utilizza strategie paranormali, convinto che con l'energia mentale si possa porre fine a tutte le guerre. MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS sara' girato a Portorico e prodotto da Smokehouse e la BBC.

Il terzo progetto di CLOONEY comprende la partecipazione nel nuovo film di Jason Reitman, UP IN THE AIR.

GEORGE CLOONEY IS PERFECT ‘GENTLEMAN’. Overture takes domestic on 'Goats'

CANNES - Two GEORGE CLOONEY projects are making news at the Cannes film fest. Focus Features has set CLOONEY to star in A VERY PRIVATE GENTLEMAN, an adaptation of the Martin Booth novel to be directed by Anton Corbijn. Rowan Joffe is scripting the pic, which shoots in Italy this fall. CLOONEY will play an assassin who hides out in an idyllic Italian town before carrying out a final assignment. He resists his usual aversion to human interaction, and his friendships and romantic entanglements complicate his mission. CLOONEY and Smokehouse partner Grant Heslov will join Anne Carrey as producer.

Separately, in the first major pickup of the festival, Overture has grabbed domestic rights to war comedy MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS, featuring CLOONEY, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges and helmed by Heslov. McGregor stars as a journalist who stumbles upon an ex-member (Clooney) of a secret U.S. Army unit that used paranormal tactics. Peter Straughan adapted a nonfiction book by Jon Ronson. GOATS shot in Puerto Rico and was produced by Smokehouse and the BBC, with financing partner Winchester Capital. CAA repped the domestic deal, which was said to be in the $4 million range. Mandate sold foreign rights.

Upcoming for CLOONEY is the Jason Reitman-directed UP IN THE AIR, which Paramount releases at Christmas.

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News by: (Agenzia Stampa AGI, Italia) e Sharon Swart(*), "www.variety.com"
(*) Michael Fleming and Ali Jaafar contributed to this report