After taking a break following her run in TV's Ally McBeal, Calista Flockhart is back to work with her first major film role since the end of the series, signing on to star in the independent feature Fragile. Shooting starts in Barcelona at the end of the month with Jaume Balaguero directing from a script he wrote with Jordi Galceran. The Filmax project will see Flockhart topline as a nurse who takes a new job at a desolate children's hospital during its closing days. She struggles to keep the kids safe and uncover the mystery behind apparent attacks of an unknown origin that hurt the kids so that they cannot leave the premises. Richard Roxburgh, Yasmin Murphy and Gemma Jones are also on board to star. Joan Ginard is executive producing with Julio Fernandez, Carlos Fernandez and Antonia Nava handling producing chores. Flockhart and Balaguero are repped by ICM. The actress next appears in a small role opposite Matthew Broderick in the Walt Disney release The Last Shot. She is additionally repped by attorney Barry Tyerman.
- 8/16/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After taking a break following her run in TV's Ally McBeal, Calista Flockhart is back to work with her first major film role since the end of the series, signing on to star in the independent feature Fragile. Shooting starts in Barcelona at the end of the month with Jaume Balaguero directing from a script he wrote with Jordi Galceran. The Filmax project will see Flockhart topline as a nurse who takes a new job at a desolate children's hospital during its closing days. She struggles to keep the kids safe and uncover the mystery behind apparent attacks of an unknown origin that hurt the kids so that they cannot leave the premises. Richard Roxburgh, Yasmin Murphy and Gemma Jones are also on board to star. Joan Ginard is executive producing with Julio Fernandez, Carlos Fernandez and Antonia Nava handling producing chores. Flockhart and Balaguero are repped by ICM. The actress next appears in a small role opposite Matthew Broderick in the Walt Disney release The Last Shot. She is additionally repped by attorney Barry Tyerman.
- 8/16/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paramount Classics has snapped up distribution rights from Filmax International to Brad Anderson's Sundance Film Festival selection The Machinist, starring Christian Bale. The speciality division has aquired rights to the pic in North America, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand. It is planning a late-2004 release. The film, which also recently screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, stars Bale as factory machinist Trevor Reznik, who has not slept in a year. His lack of sleep has led to a deterioration in his physical and mental health, and he struggles to come to terms with his breakdown. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Ironside, Aitana Sanchez Gijon and John Sharian also star in the Julio Fernandez-produced film. "We are extremely proud to be working with Brad, a director of incredible vision," Paramount Classics co-presidents Ruth Vitale and David Dinerstein said. "His film is powerfully unique and evocative. Bale's work is equally impressive." Bale notably lost 65 lbs. for the part. Filmax president Carlos Fernandez and Filmax senior vp sales and co-productions Antonia Nava served as executive producers. The rights deal was negotiated by John Sloss with Endeavor.
- 2/26/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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