Speculating Cannes: Trade Roughage 03/21/08

By Karina Longworth on March 21, 2008 at 8:29 am

Woody Allen, Steven Sodberbergh and Wong Kar Wai might show up at Cannes.

The Hollywood Reporter imagines what the lineup might look like for May’s Cannes film festival. Among the titles named: Woody Allen’s ~~Scarlett Johansson Kisses a Girl in Spain~~ Vicky Cristina Barcelona; both of Steven Soderberg’s Che Guevara movies; and Wong Kar Wai’s “reworking” of his own 1994 film, Ashes of Time Redux.
In a rags to riches screenwriter story to rival Diablo Cody’s (although presumably with less nudity), Brad Ingelsby, a 27 year-old who apparently lives with his parents in Pennsylvania, has sold a script for a high six figures that will be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company. DiCaprio is expected to star, and Ridley Scott is expected to direct The Low Dweller.
Tina Fey, John Hodgeman and Jeffrey Tambor have joined the cast of Ricky Gervais’ This Side of the Truth. Gervais is writing, co-directing and starring in the film for Warner Brothers.