Deepa Mehta to direct Al Pacino

Feb 13, 2011 |

Los Angeles

India-born Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta is all set to direct Hollywood legend Al Pacino in Masterpiece, a biopic on French artist Henri Matisse. The Godfather star will portray Matisse in the Escape Artists’ movie, which will depict the true story of the painter’s relationship with his nurse Monique Bourgeois, who also served as his model and muse.
Mehta, best known for her series Fire, Earth and Water on India, will direct the Academy-award-winning actor from a script by Donald Martin, the Variety reported. Todd Black, Steve Tisch and Jason Blumenthal will produce, while Chris Coggins will co-produce. The project is currently in development and has no start date, though producers will soon begin casting the two female leads.

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Spears wants an acting career now
Los Angeles: Her latest single is on top of the charts but pop princess Britney Spears now wants to become an actress.
The Womaniser hitmaker, has said that she wants to do a movie with directors Todd Phillips or Judd Apatow. The popstar, who made her movie debut with the critically panned dud Crossroads in 2002, is a big fan of both filmmakers who are renowned for their comedy projects.
“I love to act and would love to be in a Todd Philips or Judd Apatow movie (sic),” she tweeted. Todd is working on the sequel to his 2009 comedy The Hangover while Judd has a number of projects including Bridesmaids and Wanderlust coming up. —PTI

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