Magnolia Closing In On LFF Opener 360

EXCLUSIVE: Im hearing that Magnolia is placed to shut a U.S. deal for Fernando Meirelles sexual drama 360, which opened up the 55th BFI London Film Festival last evening. Artificial Eye can also be in foretells release 360 within the United kingdom on March 3 2012, I realize. Co-created by Revolution Films, the United kingdom production company behind IFCs The Trip, the Peter Morgan-scripted feature follows a sexual circle of prostitution, infidelity and real love. Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz and Jude Law star. Paris-based telemarketer Wild Bunch is selling the BBC Films-backed project worldwide. Reviews here today happen to be pretty moderate: The Daily Telegraph summarized the film like a glossily unengaging trudge through other bands love lives explaining one moment in which a character imagines an airplane transporting away his lover as spectacularly stupid. The Occasions based in london provides the film quite a dismissive 3-star review, calling the plot improbable, and stated the merry-go-round structure crushes performances into twenty-minute slots that frequently neglect to elicit our sympathy. The Evening Standard though was a lot more positive, calling 360 a properly-crafted package along with a film of lovely moments, elegant structure and vivid locations. Coordinators from the LFF drummed up some star energy with Jude Law talking around the red-colored carpet Anthony Hopkins and Rachel Weisz though werent available. Weisz, who stars in LFF closing film The Dark Blue Ocean on October 27, was busy in NY filming while Hopkins, Im told, doesn't enjoy travelling. Personally, I figured that Hopkins gave an incredible performance like a sober alcoholic although given his lengthy connection to Aa, you need to do question just how much of 1 scene where he shares in an AA meeting was ad-libbed while Ben Promote was scarily unpredictable like a charged child rapist.