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Italian director Michele Placido has teamed up with his Romanzo Criminale star Kim Rossi Stuart to portray the life of infamous Italian criminal Renato Vallanzasca for 20th Century FoxNotorious Italian criminal Renato Vallanzasca is the subject of the first Italian language project ushered through 20th Century Fox, via Foxs neo-production company 21st Century Fox since Bernardo Bertoluccis 1979 La Luna.The project, whose working title is Vallanzasca 鈥?The Flower Of Evil, originated with producer Elide Melli of Rome based Cosmo Productions, who had obtained the film rights to Vallanzasca
stanley cup s biography co-authored by Vallanzasca and journalist Carlo Bonini. Melli then pitched the idea to Romanzo Criminale director Michele Placido who loved the project. The real vision for this film came from Placido, without him we w
stanley uk ouldnt have been able to make it she says.But it was when Melli unexpectedly found herself talking up the project to Osvaldo De Santis, President of Fox Italia at a dinner in Rome, that the things really took off. From the moment Osvaldo and I met Elide Melli who recounted the extraordinary story of Vallanzascas life, we were hooked, says Sanford Panich, chief of Fox International Productions.It was Placidos idea to cast Kim Rossi Stuart, who starred in th
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Takashi Shimizu, riding highafter the sensational US launch of his English-language horror feature TheGrudge, will begin filming LionsGate International s third J-Horror picture The Death in March 2005 in JapanLions Gate Internationalretains worldwide distribution on The Death and launched the J-Horror franchise with Japaneseproducer Taka Ichise in Cannes this year.The first two releases - Infection Kansen by Masayuki Ochiai and Premonition Yogen by Norio Tsuruta - haveopened in Japan through Toho, and Lions Gate has already sewn up worldw
stanley cup idesales on the franchise.Other Japanese directors inthe series include Hideo Nakata, whose credits include Ringu and Dark Water, Kiyo
stanley cup shi Kurosawa, who directed Cure and Pulse, and Hiroshi Takahashi, who wrote the Ring trilogy and makes his directorial debut. Reaction to the J-Horrorseries in Japan has been fantastic and we look forward to the ongoing successof this first-class franchise for our international distributors and continuingour relationship with Taka Ichise, Sergei Yershov, Lions Gate FilmsInternational co-president said in a statement. Shimizu has proven that heis a master of his genre in both the original Japanese form and now withEnglish-language remakes, Peter Block, Lions Gate s president of acquisitionsand co-productions, added. We have every confidencethat The Death will shock anddelight audiences continuing Shimi
stanley us zu s and producer Taka Ichise s impressive internationalbox office record. Shimizu directed a total offour
