This week the New York City-based casting agency Grant Wilfley posted a casting call looking for various types to appear in scenes for The Untitled James Gray Project in the New York City area on February 1, 16 & 17, proof the movie will begin filming in NYC within the next few weeks.

The film, also referred to as Low Life, is about “an innocent immigrant woman (played by Marion Cotillard) is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island” and has already received a lot of buzz, partially because it is one of Joaquin Phoenix’s first films in a few years.

Recently, Collider asked Jeremy Renner, who also appears in the movie, why he took a part in the film. He said, “What a great opportunity. It’s an amazing story. It’s James Gray, Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix. That’s some of the best talent out there. It’s not an action movie, which at this point, from where I’m sitting, is a nice thing. I can actually take a break on my body and just focus on work and character. That’s refreshing. And, to work with that caliber of talent is really exciting. It’s a small role. It’s something I can shoot in a very short amount of time. There’s a pimp, a whore and a magician, and I get to play the magician, in a really cool, early 1900′s immigration movie about Ellis Island.”

His response also explains how he will shoot the movie in the middle of filming The Bourne Legacy.

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MPI Media Group has acquired all North American rights to Guillaume Canet’s hit dramedy “Little White Lies,” starring Marion Cotillard and Jean Dujardin.

French pic will be released theatrically in the first quarter, with DVD and VOD releases to follow.

Canet wrote and directed the film, which follows a group of longtime friends who reunite for their annual beach vacation despite a traumatic accident involving one of their own. During their seaside getaway, they all make discoveries about each other and are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they’ve been telling one another — and themselves.

Canet’s “Tell No One” star Francois Cluzet co-stars alongside Benoit Magimel, Anne Marivan, Gilles Lellouche, Laurent Lafitte, Valerie Bonneton, Pascale Arbillot and Louise Monot.

“Little White Lies” is a co-production of Les Productions du Tresor, EuropaCorp, Caneo Films and M6 Films. Pic has recorded a remarkable 5.3 million admissions in France.

“This movie has touched a nerve, and it’s easy to see why. Its wit, charm and humanity are universal, and we are thrilled to bring it to a wider audience,” said MPI exec VP Greg Newman, who negotiated the distribution deal with Cecile Fouche of EuropaCorp.

“Little White Lies” world preemed at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival and was an official selection at the BFI London Film Festival in 2010.

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The WGA will hold its 2012 Writers Guild Awards on Feb. 19 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and a venue to be announced in New York.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment

Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios

Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics

Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight

Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures

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Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures:

The Artist – Producer: Thomas Langmann
Bridesmaids – Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Clayton Townsend
The Descendants – Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Scott Rudin
The Help – Producers: Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Green
Hugo – Producers: Graham King, Martin Scorsese
The Ides of March – Producers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Brian Oliver
Midnight in Paris – Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaumx
Moneyball – Producers: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt
War Horse – Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg

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Happy New Year everyone! I finally made caps of the remaining dvd features of Marion in Little White Lies:

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