05-23-2006, 05:45 PM
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 | BONESTRUCTCHAH | | Join Date: Apr 2006
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| Todd Solondz(welcome to the dollhouse""happiness"etc) describes his new film
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Solondz finds more 'Happiness' with Fortissimo
CANNES -- Todd Solondz is embarking on a new film, currently titled simply "The New Todd Solondz Film," which will be produced by Ted Hope, Mike Ryan and Derrick Tseng with Fortissimo Films' cochairmen Michael J. Werner and Wouter Barendrecht serving as exec producers. Fortissimo announced it was boarding the project Saturday as part of its expansion into English-language U.S. filmmaking. Pre-sales will begin immediately in Cannes. The new film was described as a companion piece to the quirky director's 1998 "Happiness," on which Hope was also one of the producers. "My new movie is a kind of sequel to -- or riff on -- 'Happiness,' and to some extent 'Welcome to the Dollhouse'," Solondz said. "Many of the characters from these movies unexpectedly beckoned to me, and so I have explored new ways of developing and enlarging their stories, with the intent to recast them from a fresh perspective. I am very heartened and excited that my script has elicited such unbridled enthusiasm and support from my producers and Fortissimo." Hope negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers, with Werner repping Fortissimo. (Gregg Kilday)
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