'On The Road' to be shown at Cannes

Like TWC and Yucaipa, Roadside Attractions and Mickey Liddell had teamed up in their play for Iron Lady, considered an obvious awards play because of Streep. Roadside’s presence in the bidding signals the company¹s confidence and heightened profile in the wake of Winter’s Bone and Biutiful. For high profile titles, there is a very active market this year, Roadside Howard Cohen said. In terms of specialty titles like Winter’s Bone, other projects getting a close look during Cannes are Walter Salles’ On the Road, the film adaptation of Jack Keroac’s classic tome and starring Sam Riley as Sal Paradise and Garrett Hedlund as Dean Moriarty.

Insiders say footage of the film will be shown to domestic buyers here on Sunday evening. On the Road is produced by Francis Ford Coppola, Film4 and MK2. And a select group of domestic distributors will get a chance to see footage from Winnie Mandela biopic Winnie, starring Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard, according to one buyer. U.S. companies are even making prebuys. Earlier this week, Peter Schlessel and Bob Berney¹s FilmDistrict acquired U.S. rights to Arabian Nights. Chuck Russell will direct the pic, starring Liam Hemsworth. Inferno, which is handling worldwide sales, is producing the movie.

Arabian Nights FilmDistrict’s second Cannes buy of the day after romantic comedy Playing the Field, starring Gerard Biel and Jessica Biel. The movie, now in production, also stars Judy Greer, Dennis Quaid, Uma Thurman and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Nu Image/Millnneium Films is producing. IFC has pre-bought Something in the Air, taking North American rights to the new drama from French director Olivier Assayas, whose last film, Carlos, won a Golden Globe.

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