Following our Oct 29 report, it is announced today that French helmer Anne Fontaine next to her international breakout film “Coco Before Chanel” will helm “The Grandmothers,” an adaptation of the 2003 novella by Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing, scripted by “Atonement” and “Dangerous Liaisons” scribe Christopher Hampton. The story involves two childhood friends and neighbors who each fall in love with the other’s son, to the disgust of the boys’ wives. Naomi Watts and Robin Wright are on board to play the [grand?]mothers, while young “Animal Kingdom” star James Frecheville and Australian actor Xavier Samuel, best known for playing villainous vamp Riley in “Twilight: Eclipse,” will play the sons.
With three Australian actors among the cast, and a shoot planned in the country, it looks like the project’s been transplanted Down Under, with producer Andrew Mason (”Tomorrow, When The War Began”) teaming with French companies Gaumont and Mon Voisin to back the project. It’s all a very impressive collection of talent, so this is certainly something to keep an eye on as 2012 develops. Shooting starts in February.
And yes, it does basically sound like a big-screen version of “Motherlover.” We may have problems getting past that.
2 comments:
Thank you for the news. Sounds weird though the story but would be interesting.
Back to making independent and Aussie films? I hope she is not stepping back from the Hollywood big productions.
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