Wes Andersons Moonrise Kingdom To Spread Out 2012 Cannes

MOONRISE KINGDOM, the brand new film by American Wes Anderson, will open the 65th Festival p Cannes on Wednesday, 16 May within the Grand thtre Lumire from the Palais des Festivals, using the Jury presided over by Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti attending. Created by Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson for Focus Features and Indian Paintbrush, MOONRISE KINGDOM includes in the cast Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Jason Schwartzman in addition to Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman playing the pre-adolescents. It's directed by Wes Anderson, who also co-written the script with Roman Coppola. The seem track was composed by Alexandre Desplat. MOONRISE KINGDOM was shot with an island in Colonial. It recounts a tormented and surprising story of kids and grown ups throughout the stormy times of the summer time of 1965. Born in 1969, Wes Anderson may be the director of Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Existence Marine with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). Thierry Frmaux, the Festivals General Delegate, said: Wes Anderson is among the rising forces of yankee cinema, that he brings a very personal touch, specifically in MOONRISE KINGDOM, which once more is really a testimony towards the creative freedom by which he is constantly on the evolve. Sensitive and independent, this admirer of Fellini and Renoir can also be in the own right an excellent and artistic filmmaker. Gilles Jacob, Leader from the Festival, is glad to proclaim: With Wes Anderson opening the 65th Festival p Cannes, youthful American cinema is going to be celebrated around the Croisette. Distributed in France by Studio Canal, the film is going to be launched in movie theaters on 16 May, within 24 hours since it's screening in Cannes. For that second consecutive year, using the agreement of their partner Canal+ and also the support from the Fdration Nationale des Cinmas Franais, the Festival p Cannes can make the outlet Ceremony open to all of the movie theaters that request it, to ensure that visitors may feel live the entire programme from the opening evening from the Festival. In the united states, the film is going to be launched on 25 May.

'Kane' opens ActionFest

Pulp swashbuckler "Solomon Kane" will open ActionFest 2012, the three-day event with a slate full of actioners. Chinese martial arts pic "Wu Xia" closes out the fest, set for next month in Asheville, N.C. Michael J. Bassett's "Kane," which kicks off the fest April 12, stars James Purefoy as a 17th century adventurer who travels the globe vanquishing evil. Screening April 15, the Weinstein Company's "Wu Xia" (called "Dragon" in English) centers on a martial arts expert (Donnie Yen) who is hunted by a detective and his former master. Fest's fight choreographer kudo goes to J.J. Perry, whose recent work includes "Warrior," "Haywire" and "Underworld: Awakening." Previously announced award recipients will include stuntman Mickey Gilbert and thesp Gina Carano. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Shakespeare High Giveaway: Congratulations to Our 10-Word Review Winner!

Movieline's NY-based readers had a chance over the last few days to review their favorite Shakespeare screen adaptation in exactly 10 words for a chance to win tickets to tomorrow's opening-night screening of the documentary Shakespeare High. After browsing the entries left both here and on Twitter, we have settled on a winner! Congratulations to Chris Connolly, who summed up the epic 1996 Hamlet thusly: "Hamlet and Ophelia finally get busy in Branagh's perfect adaptation." Bam. Congratulations, Chris! We'll be in touch with info about Friday's screening. And thank you all for playing! Shakespeare High opens this weekend at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center.

Doug Ellins Pilot 40 Not Going Forward At HBO

EXCLUSIVE: HBO has decided not move forward with 40, the comedy pilot from Entourage creator Doug Ellin. The single-camera ensemble originally revolved around four lifelong friends — played in the pilot by Ed Burns, Michael Rapaport, Michael Imperioli and Adrian Pasdar — who help each other navigate life at 40, which isnt all they expected it to be. After the pilot was shot in the fall, HBO and Ellin took a stab at reworking the project with rewrites, but the network ultimately opted not to proceed. Ellin is under an overall deal at HBO and will continue to develop for the pay cable network. In addition to 40, he also executive produced the HBO drama pilot Da Brick last year, which remains in contention.