TO Cannes, where the race to announce the most depressing and disturbing cinematic project is totally hotting up.
Until Tuesday, pole position had been held by Powder Blue, the release for which opened with the words "Forest Whitaker will play a suicidal ex-priest and Jessica Biel a stripper with a terminally-ill son..."
But it's all change with news that David Mamet has given erstwhile Home Improvement star Tim Allen the lead in his forthcoming martial arts movie.
Seriously, was the guy from Everybody Loves Raymond unavailable?
Variety insists Redbelt is not a comedy, which raises suspicions that it is part of an as-yet-unannounced Hollywood on Meth trilogy. Best report on the matter? The one stating that Mamet had "managed to sign" Allen, as though enticing Tim away from wistfully caressing his toolbelt and begging to be part of the Wild Hogs sequel were a task requiring superhuman gifts of persuasion.
