British screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) is set to adapt a film based on Michael Ondaatje's Giller Prize-winning novel In the Skin of a Lion for Serendipity Point Films, Potboiler Productions and Film4, Deadline reported. Beaufoy's other writing credits include 127 Hours, The Full Monty, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Everest.
Films produced by Serendipity include Eastern Promises, Being Julia and Remember. Potboiler has produced titles such as The Constant Gardener, A Most Wanted Man, The Last King of Scotland and Our Kind of Traitor.
Signature noted that In the Skin of a Lion "introduced the characters of David Caravaggio and Hana, both of whom reappear in The English Patient. Juliette Binoche won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Hana in the The English Patient."
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A new featurette is out for Blade Runner 2049 that "includes never-before-seen footage from Denis Villeneuve's sequel, plus cast and crew interviews," Indiewire reported. Starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, the film, inspired by Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, "is the latest major gig for Villeneuve, whose profile has been rising significantly over the last several years thanks to projects like Prisoners, Sicario and Arrival," Deadline wrote, adding: "Blade Runner 2049 will reunite him with cinematographer Roger Deakins, and the duo have cooked up what looks to go down as the most visually stunning movie of 2017." It opens in theaters nationwide October 6.