CANNES -- Alfred Molina is set to star in The Moon and the Stars for director John Irvin. The 10 million ($12.6 million) film, which is set to start shooting early next month in Hungary and Rome, is a co-production among Italy's Buskin Film, U.K.'s Box Film and Hungary's Focus Films. Announced in Cannes by Buskin Films' Antonio Guadalupi, Moon is set in 1939 on the eve of World War II in Italy. The story revolves around a German actress (Catherine McCormack) and an English actor (Jonathan Pryce) who descend on Rome to shoot a film, for which Molina's character serves as producer. As the fascist government tries to shut down production, a triangle of love and jealousy emerges as wartime nationalist tendencies bubble to the surface. Media Pictures is handling international sales for the film. Fabio Carpi is the screenwriter on the project. Molina, McCormack and Pryce are represented by Endeavor. Pryce and McCormack are represented internationally by Julian Belfrage & Associates and Peter Frazier & Dunlop.
- 5/18/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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