Strike talks broke down last night, with both sides refusing to budge on DVD residuals. The producers say the’re willing to make concessions on everything else; the writers say that after three months of negotiation, “the AMPTP still has not responded to a single one of our important proposals. Every issue that matters to writers, including Internet reuse, original writing for new media, DVDs and jurisdiction, has been ignored. This is completely unacceptable.” WGA has scheduled a membership meeting for 7pm tonight; they may or may not return to the bargaining table tomorrow.- IFC has picked up all North American rights to In Search of a Midnight Kiss, a one-night-in-LA romantic comedy by
first timedirector Alex Holdridge. The film premiered at Tribeca and won the “Best of the Fest” prize at the Edinburgh Film Festival. - Clive Owen Alert: The constant object of Karina’s imaginary affections will again star opposite Julia Roberts, this time in Tony Gilroy’s Duplicity. They’ll play “longtime lovers who happened to work as spies on opposite sides. They team up to stage an elaborate con to rip off corporations and steal a valuable product.”
- Terry Gilliam’s next project will be “a modern-day fantasy adventure” called The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. It’ll co-star Heath Ledger, who previously worked with Gilliam on The Brothers Grimm.
- Simon Wincer–who, in the picture tagged to the Variety story, actually looks a bit like Kevin Costner, but for a tweak in the aging process–will direct a sequel to Dances with Wolves called The Holy Road. Costner, who won two Oscars for directing and producing Wolves, doesn’t seem to be involved in the sequel.
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