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Neil Jordan hasapproached Liam Neeson to join the cast of his upcoming black comedy BreakfastOn Pluto.Neeson would playthe father of the main character, a boy who flees Ireland to end up as atransvestite prostitute in London, who will be played by rising Irish starCillian Murphy.Jordan, whostarts shooting  <a href=https://www.stanley-cups.fr>stanley cup</a> for Pathe Pictures in September, directed Neeson in 1996 s MichaelCollins. Neeson is currently shooting Batman Begins with Murphy. I m talking tohim,  said Jordan, on promotional duty at Cannes.  He s a big man and a nicefellow. Jordan said partsof Breakfast On Pluto are  like a musical . The director is stilldeciding if that will mean outright song-and-dance numbers, but the 1980s setstory will at least be full of fantasy seque <a href=https://www.cup-stanley.us>stanley cup</a> nces, music from the 70s and 80sand references to musicals such as South Pacific.The youngprotagonist, Jordan explained,  turns everything into a day-glo version of adisco that he wants to live in. Asked whether hecould dance, Murphy deadpanned:  I can ride a horse, dance and speak Italianfluently.            No comments                                                     No comments yet                      <a href=https://www.cup-stanley.uk>stanley uk</a>                        You re not signed in.                Only registered users or subscribers can comment on this article.            Sign in            Register Mrmn ICM UK partners with Catch 23
Managing director Stephan Schesch has taken over control of the Berlin-based production house Animation X Gesellschaft zur Produktion von Animationsfilmen following the exit of the shareholders X-Filme creative pool and David Groenewold s Promedium from the joint venture.Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily on the eve of this year s Cartoon Movie co-production market in Babelsberg, Sche <a href=https://www.stanleycups.us>stanley us</a> sch explained that Animation X will be merged with his Munich-based production outfit Schesch Filmproduktion under the new name of Schesch Film Company with headquarters in Munich and a branch office in Berlin.Founded in 2004 under Schesch, Animation X had planned to develop features in classic cell or mode <a href=https://www.stanleyuk.uk>stanley uk</a> rn 3-D animation aimed at precisely defined target groups - such as young children and their parents or teenagers - to present a viable alternative to the competition coming from the US.The outfit s only production under the X-Filme/Promedium regime was Hayo Freitag s Tomi Ungerer adaptation The Three Robbers which was presold during production to France s Wild Side Video and Gebeka. Wild Bunch subsequently picked up international distribution for the film last autumn and sold the rights for the US <a href=https://www.stanley-cups.ro>stanley cup</a> , UK and Australia to The Weinstein Company as well as to distributors in South America, Italy, Asia and Eastern Europe. To date, The Three Robbers has notched up 370,000 admissions on its French theatrical release by Gebeka since December. We are now thinking about developing a TV series out of The
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