Phil Owen

PIPPA LEE ADDS TO GREAT RECRUITING CLASS

Rebecca Miller (aka the woman who gets to have sex with Daniel Day-Lewis on a regular basis) must have really knocked one out of the park with her adaptation of her own unreleased novel, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. She already had the likes of Robin Wright Penn and Julianne Moore, along with Winona … Continue reading

WOLF BOY IS A DECEPTIVE TITLE

I can’t say I know about what I was expecting a film called Wolf Boy to be, but I definitely did not come up with the correct answer. The concept is an interesting one, though, so I’ll give it a shot. Enjoy that cliffhanger for a second. Variety says The Weinstein Company has picked up … Continue reading

WOODY ALLEN STILL HATES AMERICA

It appears Woody Allen’s quest to find out if Europe is way cooler than the USA has been a success, as he just made a deal with production houses Mediapro and Gravier, which are based in Spain and produced Vicky Christina Barcelona, that will have them funding his next three films. Details on where these … Continue reading

WILL SMITH'S VINEGAR

What’s this? Two adaptations of unreleased books greenlit this week? On Monday, we had Columbia picking up that theoretical book written by a prostitute, and today we’ve got Escape Artists and Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment picking up the less theoretical (it actually has a release date: May 13) Benjamin Wallace novel The Billionaire’s Vinegar: The … Continue reading