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Christian Borle, the original William Shakespeare in Broadway’s Something Rotten!, and three-time Tony Award-winning director Jack O’Brien have spent 45 minutes on the second day of rehearsals for the upcoming Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical debating a very serious question: Should Borle, who is portraying Willy Wonka, do a somersault?

The question is a serious one for the two, who, like fans, have a long history with the popular 1964 novel by Roald Dahl, which was adapted for the screen in 1971 as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, with the late Gene Wilder taking on the iconic title role. In the film, he famously somersaulted across the screen. “Everyone has some familiarity with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” Borle tells Et by phone after his discussion with O’Brien about the production striking a balance with people’s expectations for the show. “There are certain things people are craving to see, but we also...

While the McKittrick Hotel's ongoing attraction Sleep No More requires audience members to seek out its immersive entertainment as they venture from floor to floor and room to room, the venue's new co-tenant, the National Theatre of Scotland's delightful production of David Greig's cleverly done The Strange Undoing Of Prudencia Hart, confines the action to The Heath, a cozy pub where patrons can take advantage of a cash bar while the actors handle the trailblazing.

Broadway's got the golden ticketWarner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Langley Park Productions and Neal Street Productions announced that Roald Dahl's Charlie And The Chocolate Factory will open its gates on Broadway in the spring of 2017, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien and choreographed by Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Joshua Bergasse. Roald Dahl's Charlie And The Chocolate Factory has music by Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award winner Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Grammy and Tony Award winners Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, and a book by Artistic Director of Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum theatre David Greig. Design team, Broadway theater and dates to be announced soon.

A stage musical version of ��Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” has nabbed a golden ticket for Broadway, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Langley Park Productions and Neal Street Productions announced Thursday. The adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s fantasy novel — made famous in a 1971 movie starring Gene Wilder as a slightly creepy candyman — is due to open in spring 2017 in time for the next Tony Awards season. Tony and Grammy winner Marc Shaiman (“Hairspray”) wrote the music, and co-wrote the lyrics with Scott Wittman. The book is by David Greig, artistic director of Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum theater. Also Read:.

The Events is the third production of the New York Theatre Workshop Nytw 201415 Season. Written by acclaimed Scottish playwright David Greig Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - The Musical and directed by Ramin Gray The Royal Opera's The Importance of Being Ernest, The Events began previews on February 4, 2015 and officially opened last night, February 12, 2015 at New York Theatre Workshop 79 E. 4th Street New York, NY 10003. The Events comes to New York for a strictly limited engagement through Sunday, March 22, 2015. Check out photos from opening night below...

Eno gets itself a new production of Verdi's tragedy, while Richard Hamilton takes over the Tate Modern and Jude Law puts his Henry V to bed

Opening this week

■ Rigoletto

Eno finally gets itself a new production of Verdi's tragedy, more than 30 years after the last. Christopher Alden's staging was first seen in Toronto two years ago; Graeme Jenkins conducts it here, with Quinn Kelsey and Anna Christie heading the cast. Coliseum, London (020 7845 9300), in rep from Thursday.

■ Protein: Border Tales

A witty, moving portrait of contemporary multicultural Britain, as seen through the choreographic lens of Luca Silvestrini. Jerwood DanceHouse, Ipswich (01473 295230), Wednesday to Saturday, then touring.

■ Richard Hamilton

The painter, collagist and illustrator, not to mention founding father of pop art, who died in 2011, gets a major retrospective. Tate Modern (020-7887 8888), London SE1, from Thursday.

Last chance to see:

■ Henry V

Jude Law plays the king as robust...

The director of Broken will suceed Nicholas Hytner from April 2015.

The National Theatre has appointed Rufus Norris to succeed Nicholas Hytner as director of the National Theatre with effect from April 2015.

John Makinson, Chairman of the National Theatre, said: “In setting out to find a new Director for the National Theatre, the Board looked for an individual with a creative reputation that would command the respect and support of British theatre, and with the generosity of spirit that has characterised Nick Hytner’s period as Director. Rufus Norris has both those qualities in abundance. He is an exciting choice, someone who will build on the National Theatre’s present reputation as one of the most admired and innovative performing arts organisations in the world. We are fortunate that he has chosen to join us.

“I should like to thank all my Board colleagues, and in particular my fellow members of the Succession Committee, for the energy...

From David Greig's The Events to a new Lars von Trier comedy adaptation, this year's fringe for me is all about quality, not quantity

Keeping count

Stand in the queues and the talk is sometimes less about what people have seen, and more about the quantity of shows they have seen. The Edinburgh fringe can be the culture vulture's equivalent of the pub crawl, as we run from one venue to another, downing one show after another. It can be addictive. How much art can you pack into 24 hours?

This might be good for ticket sales, but I'm not sure it's good for the art. You can't see shows such as David Greig's remarkable The Events, at the Traverse, or the devastating Nirbhaya without allowing time to process them. I don't want to watch a woman telling me in graphic detail what it was like to be raped,...

Review Simon Brew 28 Jun 2013 - 06:36

Roald Dahl's Charlie And The Chocolate Factory has turned into a big West End musical, courtesy of Sam Mendes. Here's our review...

Roald Dahl's classic book, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, has found its way to cinema screens twice thus far. Neither version was entirely faithful to Dahl's text, with liberties taken in different places. Arguably the least faithful, Mel Stuart's 1971 Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory is comfortably the most loved, with Gene Wilder's dark portrayal of the title role rightly revered. It was surprising, therefore, just how much Tim Burton's more recent take on the material managed to miss the mark, with a far kookier Willy Wonka, in the guise of Johnny Depp.

It seems a fair bet that the new stage Wonka, Douglas Hodge, has seen both these films. And, much like the new stage musical take on Dahl's book,...

Douglas Hodge stars as Willy Wonka in the brand-new production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, the story is brought to life with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics byScott Wittman and Marc Shaiman Grammy winners for Hairspray Smash, with a book by award-winning playwright and adaptor David Greig The Bacchae Tintin In Tibet. The show opened last night, June 25 and you can check out highlights of the cast in action below...

Douglas Hodge stars as Willy Wonka in the brand-new production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, the story is brought to life with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman Grammy winners for Hairspray Smash, with a book by award-winning playwright and adaptor David Greig The Bacchae Tintin In Tibet. The shows opened last night, June 25 and you can check out photos from the opening night curtain call and after party below...

Douglas Hodge stars as Willy Wonka in the brand-new production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, the story is brought to life with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman Grammy winners for Hairspray Smash, with a book by award-winning playwright and adaptor David Greig The Bacchae Tintin In Tibet. The show opens tonight, June 25. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Douglas Hodge stars as Willy Wonka in the brand-new production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, the story is brought to life with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman Grammy winners for Hairspray Smash, with a book by award-winning playwright and adaptor David Greig The Bacchae Tintin In Tibet. The shows opens tonight, June 25 and you can check out photos from the opening night red carpet below...

Things I Forgot I Remembered | The Cripple Of Inishmaan | If Only | Manchester Sound: The Massacre | Open Court season | The Enough Project

Things I Forgot I Remembered, Llangefni

Shon Dale-Jones's alter ego, Hugh Hughes, has delighted audiences over the last eight years with his fantastical and deeply ordinary stories about his life and family in Wales. There was the delightful Floating, about the time that Anglesey broke off and floated away from the mainland, and most recently Stories From An Invisible Town, a project that took place both on stage and online, and which drew on childhood memories and growing up. Now he makes a show for National Theatre Wales as part of a month-long residency on Anglesey that includes collaborations with local audiences and free audio walks around Hugh's hometown of Llangefni. It's his first appearance in Anglesey, and should be a memorable one.

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Douglas Hodge stars as Willy Wonka in the brand-new production of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - now in previews at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, the story is brought to life with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman Grammy winners for Hairspray Smash, with a book by award-winning playwright and adaptor David Greig The Bacchae Tintin In Tibet.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has released a new behind-the-scenes video looking at rehearsals for the London stage production.

Director Sam Mendes, playwright David Greig and Willy Wonka star Douglas Hodge are among those discussing the new musical.

"For me the big job of the show is to render the familiar strange again, to make us forget that this little boy wins the golden ticket," Mendes said. "To make us experience that pleasure and thrill when you open that page in the book and you got it."

Hodge added: "It has to move people. I don't care how big the set is, or how colourful it is or how florid the music is, if it doesn't touch people's hearts then I don't want to be in it."

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory marks Skyfall director Mendes's first stage production since The Vertical Hour on Broadway in 2006.

The musical is showing...

Sam Mendes on making Bond, coming home and turning Charlie And The Chocolate Factory into a musical

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has taken five years to become a stage musical, for reasons logistical – Sam Mendes, the director, was out for three of them doing Skyfall – and practical: the book is a tricky one to adapt. There are the kids; the old folks in bed; the pyrotechnics of the chocolate factory. There is the ambiguous character of Willy Wonka himself. And there is the question that hangs over the entire production: what on earth to do about the Oompa-Loompas. "It's big," Mendes says of the task before him. "Christ, it's so big."

We are in a rehearsal space in south London, where the company is going through its paces before moving to Drury Lane. Anticipation for the show is feverish, thanks to the success of Matilda, another Dahl adaptation, and Mendes's post-Bond nuclear glow.

Sam Mendes's stage production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has premiered its first trailer.

The musical - based on Roald Dahl's classic children's novel - will star Douglas Hodge as eccentric factory owner Willy Wonka, with Nigel Planer as Grandpa Joe, Clive Carter as Mr Salt, Jasna Ivir as Mrs Gloop, Paul J Medford as Mr Beauregarde, Iris Roberts as Mrs Teavee and Myra Sands as Grandma Georgina.

The above trailer shows crowds gathering outside the musical's venue, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, as golden tickets and purple smoke erupt from its chimneys.

Warner Bros Theatre Ventures, Neal Street Productions and producer Kevin McCormick are behind the stage show. David Greig penned the adaptation, while March Shaiman provided music and lyrics alongside Scott Wittman.

The musical marks Skyfall director Mendes's first stage production since The Vertical Hour on Broadway in 2006.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has also added...

As BroadwayWorld reported last week, Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will begin previews on May 17 instead of May 18 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Opening night is still set for June 25. Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will star Olivier and Tony Award-winning Douglas Hodge as Willy Wonka. Featuring ingenious stagecraft, the story is brought to life with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman Grammy winners for Hairspray Smash, with a book by award-winning playwright and adaptor David Greig The Bacchae Tintin In Tibet.Check out a just-released promo for the show below...

Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory opens at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 25 June 2013. Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will star Olivier and Tony Award-winning Douglas Hodge as Willy Wonka. Featuring ingenious stagecraft, the story is brought to life with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman Grammy winners for Hairspray Smash, with a book by award-winning playwright and adaptor David Greig The Bacchae Tintin In Tibet. Click below to watch the show's creative team talk about the writing process...

Sam Mendes has spoken about his upcoming musical production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

The director, who turned down a return to the Bond franchise to instead focus on his theatre work, was interviewed alongside lyricist and composer Marc Shaiman, lyricist Scott Wittman and writer David Greig.

When Charlie wins a golden ticket to the weird and wonderful Wonka Chocolate Factory, it's the chance of a lifetime to feast on the sweets he's always dreamed of.

But beyond the gates astonishment awaits, as down the sugary corridors, and amongst the incredible edible delights, the five lucky winners discover not everything is as sweet as it seems.

Douglas Hodge stars as Willy Wonka, with Nigel Planer as Grandpa Joe, Clive Carter as Mr Salt, Jasna Ivir as Mrs Gloop, Paul J Medford as Mr Beauregarde, Iris Roberts as Mrs Teavee and Myra Sands as Grandma Georgina.

Set and costume design...

Skyfall's Sam Mendes has spoken about his upcoming musical production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

The director, who turned down a return to the Bond franchise to instead focus on his theatre work, was interviewed alongside composer Marc Shaiman, lyricist Scott Wittman and writer David Greig.

When Charlie wins a golden ticket to the weird and wonderful Wonka Chocolate Factory, it's the chance of a lifetime to feast on the sweets he's always dreamed of.

But beyond the gates astonishment awaits, as down the sugary corridors, and amongst the incredible edible delights, the five lucky winners discover not everything is as sweet as it seems.

Douglas Hodge stars as Willy Wonka, with Nigel Planer as Grandpa Joe, Clive Carter as Mr Salt, Jasna Ivir as Mrs Gloop, Paul J Medford as Mr Beauregarde, Iris Roberts as Mrs Teavee and Myra Sands as Grandma Georgina.

Set and costume design...

Roald Dahl’s books have all slowly but surely been adapted (in some form or another) over the years. On the big screen, the most recent attempt to adapt Dahl’s work was Wes Anderson’s (in this writer’s opinion) abominable attempt to turn one of the author’s finest children's books into a quirky animated heist for adults – “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” The first, however, and arguably best Dahl cinematic adaptation was Mel Stuart’s “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” (an adaptation of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”) back in 1971 featuring an unforgettable performance from Gene Wilder. We’ve seen the book adapted since (and with less success) by Tim Burton, and the story that remains one of Dahl’s most famous and loved will now be making its way to the stage thanks to “American Beauty” and “Skyfall” director Sam Mendes.

Mendes was reportedly considering leaving “Skyfall...

Cue up that creepy Oompa Loompa song -- "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is coming to London's West End in musical form. A musical based on the Roald Dahl classic is in the works for a June 2013 debut at the London Palladium, Playbill reports. "Jarhead" director Sam Mendes will helm the production, which is being produced by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Neal Street Productions and Kevin McCormick. Also read: Daniel Craig to Return for 23rd "Bond," Sam Mendes to Direct "Damascus" scribe David Greig is writing the book, with new music being...

Nearly four years after it was first announced, the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical helmed by Sam Mendes (pictured) has set a date for its London debut. EW has confirmed that the show will premiere at the London Palladium in June 2013. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, the Tony-winning partners who wrote the music and lyrics for Hairspray and Smash, will create new songs for the stage production.

Scottish playwright David Greig will take inspiration from Roald Dahl’s 1964 novella to write the book. One Man, Two Guvnors’ Tony-nominated designer Mark Thompson will create costumes and sets, and Peter Darling (Billy Elliott,...

Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Neal Street Productions and Kevin McCormick today announced that their production of Roald Dahls Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will open at the London Palladium in June 2013 after a preview period. The new stage musical will be directed by Sam Mendes, with a book by David Greig and new songs from Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

This week the Government U-turned on charity tax relief, a New England teacher of Latin won the Orange prize, and the Scots rebelled against their new funding regime

• The Government has performed a U-turn on tax relief (BBC website) for charitable donations. Fifth policy climbdown this week, say Randeep Ramesh and Juliette Jowit. Our Polly Toynbee won't like it. But lots of people in charities and the arts will.

• Michael Haneke's Amour took the Palme D'Or at Cannes. Not a surprise: it was nearly everyone's nearly favourite film, though some felt that the memorably barking Holy Motors, by Leos Carax, should have taken the big prize for its extraordinary vision. Also Cannes-related: a really entertaining interview with the star of Ken Loach's The Angels' Share Paul Brannigan, though I doubt it will warm the hearts of the chiefs of Glasgow City Council.

• Against the odds, debut novelist and...

It's musical chairs in key positions at British theatre, plus BBC Philharmonic cut short Japan tour, and Peter Lennon's rocky road

All change in theatreland

They're playing musical chairs at some of Britain's most creative playhouses – and at quite an interesting time for all our subsidised theatres, as the funding landscape changes. Josie Rourke's departure for the Donmar Warehouse leaves a vacancy at London's the Bush; meanwhile, Dominic Hill, artistic director at the Traverse in Edinburgh, is hopping over to run the Citizens theatre in Glasgow, where his talent for punchy reinvention of the classics (think of his production of Peer Gynt for the National Theatre of Scotland) ought to prove an asset in his bid to make the Citz "the most exciting and provocative theatre in Scotland". That leaves an intriguing vacancy at the Traverse – an extremely important theatre for its nurturing of the brilliant Scottish playwrighting scene,...

Kim Cattrall has been nominated for a coveted theater award. The "Sex and the City" star's turn as Amanda in "Private Lives" sees her considered for the Best Actress in a Play prize at the 11th Whatsonstage.com Awards.

She will face competition from "End of the Rainbow" star Tracie Bennett, Helen McCrory for her role in "The Late Middle Classes", "Ruined" star Jenny Jules, Nancy Carroll from "After the Dance" and "All My Sons" actress Zoe Wanamaker.

The Best Actor in a Play award will be contested by Benedict Cumberbatch from "After the Dance", Kim's "Private Lives" co-star Matthew Mcfadyen, "Hamlet" and "Measure For Measure" star Rory Kinnear, "Deathtrap" and "London Assurance" actor Simon Russell Beale, "The Real Thing"'s Toby Stephens and "All My Sons" star David Suchet.

"All My Sons" received more nominations than any other production, being considered for accolades in six different categories. The most...

Want to see cutting-edge drama from Edinburgh? Then just pop into your local cinema. Andrew Dickson on why the Traverse theatre is being besieged by cameras

The Traverse theatre in Edinburgh has a cute name for this year's series of morning play readings: Impossible Things Before Breakfast. Technically, it's a misnomer – your ticket includes breakfast, or at least a bacon buttie and a splash of coffee – but in other respects the title, borrowed from Alice in Wonderland, seems fair enough.

Last year, festival audiences had to endure hostage crises (a new work by Enda Walsh) and were forced to act out chunks of the script (David Greig). This year, Simon Stephens dwells on the fallout from a stabbing in T5, while Linda McLean's new play This Is Water is a verbatim account of interrogation. Quite a lot to deal with at 9am, especially if you've a hangover the size of Arthur's Seat.

Sam Mendes is set to direct a new stage musical adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Ok, let’s just clear some things right now – this doesn’t mean that 23rd James Bond film is out, it just means that Mendes has announced his next two projects while 007 is on hold.

One is a stage version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the other is a film called On Chesil Beach, with Carey Mulligan as possible star.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a children’s book by British author Roald Dahl. The story features Dahl’s story, first published in 1964, revolves around Charlie Bucket, a nice boy from a poor family, who wins a day-long tour to visit a famous chocolate factory and receive a lifetime supply of chocolate, after he finds one of five “golden tickets” hidden in wrappers of candy bars produced by the factory,...

With Bond 23 indefinitely delayed, Sam Mendes has been looking for new projects. For a moment it looked like he might jump on to The Great and Powerful Oz, Disney's new Oz movie that could star Robert Downey, Jr. (Think this year's Alice in Wonderland plus Sherlock Holmes.) But it looks like Mendes will cede Oz to another director -- Adam Shankman or perhaps Timur Bekmambetov -- in favor of two other projects to while away the days before Bond can move forward. One is a stage version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the other is a film called On Chesil Beach, with Carey Mulligan as possible star. Deadline reports on the projects, saying that Mendes will direct a stage musical based on Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman with playbook by David Greig. The idea is to...

Exclusive: With James Bond postponed because of MGM's woes, Sam Mendes has firmed the next two projects he intends to direct.  Following a successful reading of the first act of the stage musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in New York last week, Mendes has committed himself to direct the musical production that will shoot for a holiday 2011 premiere in London. A move to Broadway will follow. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman will continue writing songs and David Greig will complete the book and a designer is being hired to construct the elaborate chocolate factory. While that goes on, Mendes [...]...

From As You Like It to The Front Page, theatre was once captivated by romantic comedies. Did we get too cynical?

The other week I interviewed the playwright David Greig and the musician Gordon McIntyre about their lo-fi musical, Midsummer. The show (opening at Soho theatre this week) is being sold on the novelty of its indie soundtrack – but when I saw it in Edinburgh last year, it wasn't the music that stood out, it was the romance. Indie music in theatre isn't so uncommon. But romantic comedy? If there'd been popcorn for sale in the Traverse foyer, it could hardly have seemed more out-of-place.

So is theatre down on romcom? It wasn't always thus: consider As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream et al, and Shakespeare starts to look (well, just a little) like the Nora Ephron of the Elizabethan age. Romcoms were popular, too, in the theatre...

Can Martin Scorsese pull off a horror movie? Is Glasgow the new Venice? And what's Ricky Gervais up to in Reading? Our critics pick next year's hottest tickets

Film

Cemetery Junction

Having conquered Hollywood, Ricky Gervais is coming home. With his long-time collaborator Stephen Merchant, he has set out to create a British film in the tradition of Billy Liar and the Likely Lads – and of course his own masterpiece The Office – about three blokes working for the Prudential insurance company in Gervais's hometown of Reading. Released on 7 April.

A Single Man

The smart money says Colin Firth will be bringing home a certain gold, bald-headed statuette for his performance as a bereaved gay man in Los Angeles. Based on the 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood, the movie – fashion designer Tom Ford's directorial debut – follows one day in the life of Firth's literature academic as he confronts his own mortality. Released on 12 February.

Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes is bringing children's classic Charlie And The Chocolate Factory to the stage.

Roald Dahl's beloved book has already been turned into two successful Hollywood movies, convincing Mendes the story could be a hit musical on Broadway and the West End.

The director has commissioned Scottish playwright David Greig to write the script and he has recruited Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman - the musical minds behind 2007's hit Hairspray - to provide the score.

Dahl's 1964 story first made it to the big screen in 1971, with Gene Wilder starring as chocolate maker Willy Wonka. Johnny Depp revived the role in a 2005 remake, directed by Tim Burton.

• Lots of glossy business cards will be exchanged during the 4th edition of International Financing Forum (Iff) (which takes place during Tiff). In what I imagine is like a speed dating between producers looking for coin and those looking to finance the next hot film project. There are a slew of names/projects from established filmmakers (Hany Abu-Assad, Terrence Davies and Kevin Macdonald) and some first-time directors among the 43 listed below that have caught over attention. Hany Abu-Assad is taking on what I imagine would be a controversial biopic - attaching himself to Arafat with his Paradise Now producer, Roman Paul. Paul produced Waltz with Bashir, and the upcoming (we'll be talking about this one in 2010), Womb. I'd be surprised if Tony Grisoni took a day off in the past 24 months, he has penned a truck load of projects and would embark on his feature filmmaking debut with Kingsland.

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