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Picturehouse and New Line International acquire Francois Girard’s Silk
Starring Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Koji Yakusho and Alfred Molina.
NEW YORK, January 20, 2006 — Picturehouse and New Line International have acquired all rights to Francois Girard’s epic, romantic drama Silk starring Michael Pitt (Last Days), Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice), Koji Yakusho (Memoirs of a Geisha) and Alfred Molina (Spiderman II). It was announced today by Bob Berney, president of Picturehouse, Rolf Mittweg, president and COO of New Line Worldwide Distribution and Marketing and Camela Galano, president of New Line International.
Based on the beloved, best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, Silk is the story of Herve Joncour, a 19th Century French silkworm merchant who travels to Japan and begins a clandestine and forbidden romance with a mysterious and sensual woman.
Adapted by Girard and Michael Golding, Silk is produced by Niv Fichman, Nadine Luque, Domenico Procacci, and Sonoko Sakai. Principal photography will begin at the end of February in Matsumoto, Japan and will be completed in Italy in late May. Filming will follow Herve Joncour’s route across Egypt and Asia.
“Silk is a sweeping erotic tale that will translate gloriously from page to screen,” said Berney. “With the book’s many dedicated fans around the world, we look forward to bringing this film to theaters.”
“Alessandro Baricco’s book is perfect movie material,” said Girard. “It offers both the intimacy of a gripping emotional tale and the epic quality of a journey to the end of the world.”
SILK is a Canada / Italy / Japan co-production, produced by Rhombus Media, Fandango S.R.L and Bee Vine Pictures, in association with Productions Soie and Vice Versa Films. Motion Picture Distribution LP will distribute in Canada, Fandango in Italy and Asmik Ace in Japan. New Line International will handle all other territories.
The deal was brokered on behalf of Picturehouse by Carolyn Blackwood, Senior Vice President Business Affairs, New Line and negotiated on behalf of the film by Stephen Saltzman of Loeb and Loeb.
Launched in April 2005, Picturehouse is the joint venture of two leaders of the entertainment community - HBO and New Line Cinema. Picturehouse currently has in release the critically acclaimed Israeli comedy by Gidi Dar, Ushpizin (The Guests). Upcoming films include Michael Winterbottom’s Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story starring Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and Jeremy Northam; Mary Harron’s The Notorious Bettie Page starring Gretchen Mol; Steven Shainberg’s Fur, which recently wrapped production and stars Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr.; and Robert Altman’s A Prairie Home Companion based on Garrison Keillor’s legendary radio variety show and starring Keillor (as himself), with Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Tommy Lee Jones, Academy Award-nominees Lily Tomlin, John C. Reilly, Woody Harrelson, Virginia Madsen, “Saturday Night Live’s” Maya Rudolph and Lindsay Lohan.