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Oscar-nominated writer Peter Morgan, currently working on the third instalment in his Tony Blair trilogy about the former British Prime Minister, has signed with UTA. Morgan will continue to be represented UK agent Greg Hunt and attorney Alan Hergott. The screenwriter s latest exploration of Blair s leadership follows the Channel 4 film The Deal and last year s acclaimed theatrical release The Queen, and will focus on Blair s adjustment to the handover of power in the US from Clinton to Bush. Morgan recently completed adapting his BBC political thriller State Of Play for Universal and Working Title and wrote Sony s upcoming historical drama The Other Boleyn Girl. Ron Howard is directing the film stanley cup version of stanley cup Morgan s political stage play Frost/Nixon for I stanley cup magine/Working Title and Universal, and Fox 2000 has just acquired films rights to his tele-series The Jury, which Beau Willimon will adapt and Marc Forster will direct. No comments No comments yet You re not signed in. Only registered users or subscribers can comment on this article. Sign in Register Skxd Dogtooth actress Mary Tsoni dies at 30
Sundance Film Festivalprogramming director Geoffrey Gilmore promised next year s influentialevent would feature among the most provocative and challenging films wehave ever seen at the festival even in the face of all the commercial hardships that independent filmmakers are currently confrontingUnveiling the Dra stanley us matic andDocumentary Competitions, as well as the films that comprise the AmericanSpectrum and American Showcase sidebars, Gilmore acknowledged that the funding crisis affecting indie cinema right now had pushed the selection process tothe deadline limit. Nonetheless, he remainedupbeat about Sundance s commitment to broaden access to globalfilmmakers. This has been the latest, in 13 years of doing thisfestival, that we put this programme together stanley usa . It is a reflection of howdifficult it is to get films made these days, Gilmore said. Acouple of years ago independent films were flourishing but it was hard thisyear. A lot of these films are the result of the creative tenacity and passionof the filmmakers - these films are the most distinctive and diversegroup of films I have ever seen, particularly in terms of Dramatic Competitionand Premieres. The remaining categories,including the high-profile Premiere section and World Cinema, will be announcedtomorrow.This year s DramaticCompetition features a noticeably star-studded line-up of films from largelyuntested directors, among them the Kevin Spacey-produced The United StatesOf Leland , Wayne Kramer s TheC stanley cup ooler and the l