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‘KINGDOM’ COME Anderson cooks up
Opener/In Competition
Moonrise Kingdom
Star-studded red carpet sets fest tone
a sugary romance
By Elsa Keslassy
See KINGDOM page 66
‘Grand’ plan
for Cusack
By John Hopewell
John Cusack, who stars in
Cannes competition entry “The
Paperboy,” is in negotiations
to play opposite Elijah Wood in
“Grand Piano,”
to be directed by
Spaniard Eugenio
Mira (“The Birthday,” “Agnosia.”).
A psychological
thriller, “Piano,”
Cusack
penned by Damien
Chazelle, is being
brought onto the market at Cannes
by Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestles’
the Solution Entertainment Group.
“Grand Piano” is the latest
film from Nostromo Pictures’
Adrian Guerra and Rodrigo
See CUSACK page 68
By Peter Debruge
hat is childhood if not
an island cut off from
the grown-up world
around it, and what is first love
if not a secret cove known only
to the two parties caught in its
spell? While no less twee than
Wes Anderson’s earlier pictures, “Moonrise Kingdom”
supplies a poignant metaphor
for adolescence itself, in which
a universally appealing tale of
teenage romance cuts through
the smug eccentricity and
heightened artificiality with Kara Hayward and Jared
which Anderson has allowed Gilman in “Moonrise Kingdom”
himself to be pigeonholed. A
prestigious opening-night slot at Cannes lends luster to Focus’
May 25 release, but not enough to grow his audience.
While Anderson is essentially a miniaturist, making dollhouse
movies about meticulously appareled characters in perfectly ap-
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Venturelli/WireImage
The 65th Cannes Film Festival again struck the right opening
night chord with Wes Anderson’s
1960s ensembler “Moonrise Kingdom.” Like Woody Allen’s pitchperfect “Midnight in Paris” opener
last year, “Moonrise” gave Cannes
another auteur-friendly debut, balancing artistic sensibility with considerable star power.
This year’s fest not only ranks
as one of the most star-packed editions in years, but also boasts a
strong Hollywood presence. As
expected, Tilda Swinton, Bruce
Willis and Edward Norton graced
the red carpet for “Moonrise,”
joined by co-star Bill Murray and
Nanni Moretti’s eclectic jury, including Ewan McGregor, Diane
Kruger, Andrea Arnold, Jean-Paul
“Moonrise Kingdom” topliners Tilda Swinton, Bruce Willis and Edward
Norton lead the star power on the 65th Cannes Festival red carpet.
Duo pivot to ‘Spivet’
By Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell
Helena Bonham Carter and Kathy Bates will topline JeanPierre Jeunet’s high-profile 3D project “The Young and Prodigious Spivet,” an adaptation of Rief
Larsen’s novel.
Pic marks the helmer’s first English-language foray since he directed
“Alien: Resurrection” in 1997.
Jeunet is one of France’s most
successful filmmakers, with credits that include “Amelie,” which Bonham Carter Bates
grossed $173.9 million worldwide.
“Spivet” turns on a 12-year-old boy with extraordinary skills
who leaves his family in Montana and takes off on a cross-country
See SPIVET page 68
‘RUST’ ROBUST IN PRE-SALES
By John Hopewell
and Elsa Keslassy
Underscoring the enduring biz
clout of director-driven filmmaking, Jacques Audiard’s Marion
Cotillard starrer “Rust and Bone”
comes into the Cannes competition pre-sold almost throughout
the world.
Wild Bunch Germany, Vertigo
(Spain), Hopscotch (Australia),
Studiocanal (the U.K.) and BIM
Distribuzione (Italy) all closed
deals. UGC distributes in France.
Other deals include Switzerland (GMH), Portugal (Atalanta), China (DDDream) and Israel (United King). Only Asia is
outstanding, Celluloid Dreams’
Hengameh Panahi, “Rust’s” sales
See RUST page 66
Turn to page 52
‘How to’ make laffer
By Dave McNary
Nicola Horlick’s Derby Street
Films is teaming with Lynda Obst
Prods. to develop romantic comedy
“How to Get Over a Guy in 10 Days”
— a decade after Obst produced
“How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.”
The project, unveiled at Cannes,
is not a sequel but is also based on
the series of books written by Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long,
dealing with the opposite sex from
a female perspective.
Kiwi Smith, who wrote “Legally Blonde,” will make her feature helming debut.
She will also co-write the
script with Amy Rardin and Jessica O’Toole. The duo’s work includes the upcoming “American
Girl” movie as well as writing and
producing ABC Family’s “Greek.”
McConaughey and Hudson in 2002’s
“How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.”
Derby Street Films investment
committee member Shaun Redick
and Ray Mansfield, of Movie
See HOW TO page 68