From Variety:Penelope Cruz is in early negotiations to reteam with Sergio Castellitto, the Italian director whose 2004 “Don’t Move” gave the thesp her first career-making role.
At Friday’s Madrid press screening of Pedro Almodovar’s “Embraces,” in which she stars, Cruz said, “We’re starting to talk but I can’t confirm anything concrete.”
Castellitto wants Cruz as lead femme in “Venuto al mondo” (Into the World). Like “Don’t Move,” the Sarajevo-set drama about a single mother is based on a novel by Castellitto’s wife, Margaret Mazzantini. Castellitto’s producers, Roberto Cicutto and Luigi Musini, are putting together the financing on “World.”
Pic is unlikely to start lensing this year: Cruz said she intends to spend most of 2009 promoting “Broken Embraces” during its international rollout, which lasts through November.
“Broken Embraces” turns on the competition for the affections of an actress (Cruz) between a Spanish magnate (Jose Luis Gomez) and a film director (Lluis Homar).
This week, Warner Bros. will release “Embraces” in Spain on about 250 prints, a middling print-run strategy that worked well for Clint Eastwood’s “Gran Torino.”
-She could really be breaking out, and I'm happy to be around for it.
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Don't Move was a flawed film, but Penelope was superb (and fluent in Italian as well? geez) After being in so many wonderful spanish films in the 90's (Open Your Eyes, All About My Mother, Belle Epoque etc.) and then an unfortnate start in Hollywood, it seems that the days of her making flops are gone, i'm so happy for her! She is truly gifted, can't wait for Broken Embraces and Nine this year!
ReplyDeletelooks to be another good year for her
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