Friday, May 16, 2008

Deal of the day : Herd mentality

The buzz is coalescing around the Palme d'Or hopefuls, but the biggest news out of competition is a George Clooney deal to adapt Jon Ronson's The Men Who Stare at Goats

Our special Cannes correspondent. Friday May 16, 2008, guardian.co.uk

George Clooney
Goats, here he comes... George Clooney is to star in an adaptation of Jon Ronson's The Men Who Stare at Goats. Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty
Sightings of Brangelina and horror stories about the price of a cup of coffee aside, early buzz among US buyers on the Croisette has coalesced around the official selections Che from Steven Soderbergh and the remarkable Waltz With Bashir from Ari Folman. But so far, rien du tout.
Un Certain Regard entry Tokyo! from Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Joon Ho Bong has also attracted plenty of interest, as has James Gray's competition entry Two Lovers, which many believe will sell before Monday's world premiere.

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