Jackman, McGregor, Williams go on trip for Fox By MICHAEL FLEMING Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams are getting in bed for “The Tourist,” a psychological thriller set in clandestine Gotham sex clubs.Production begins in New York on Oct. 13, with Marcel Langenegger making his feature directing debut.Scripted by Mark Bomback, Jason Keller and Patrick Marber, “The Tourist” is produced by Seed Prods. partners Jackman and John Palermo and Cheyenne Enterprises’ Arnold Rifkin.Put in turnaround by Fox because of its racy storyline, the film was financed independently. The coin was arranged by MRC, the film financing arm of Endeavor, where Jackman is a client. A domestic distribution deal will be made shortly.Pic revolves around an accounting consultant who, while passing from one job to another, meets a charismatic, womanizing lawyer who personifies everything the numbers cruncher wishes he could be. The accountant delves into an erotic world of underground sex clubs.Rifkin originated the film at Fox, and while that studio doesn’t put much into turnaround, Jackman and Palermo were able to extricate it through a relationship at the studio that includes an overall deal, plans to produce and star in the “X-Men” spinoff “Wolverine,” and a deal to star alongside Nicole Kidman in the Baz Luhrmann-directed period pic Fox puts into production next spring.David Bushell and Robbie Brenner also are involved in producing capacities.Source: www.variety.comThanks to Roberta for sending the article 🙂
EWAN McGregor, who has been known to enjoy disrobing for the camera, is to star in another sexually frank movie, which begins shooting in New York this month.The movie is to be set in the clandestine sex clubs of the Big Apple, and has already alarmed Hollywood ? it was originally to be made by 20th Century Fox, which eventually decided against it because of its lurid storyline.The Scottish actor, who has filmed notably explicit scenes in movies such as Trainspotting, The Pillow Book and Velvet Goldmine, is to star in the psychological thriller The Tourist, written by Patrick Marber.His co-stars will be Michelle Williams, acclaimed for her role in Brokeback Mountain, and Hugh Jackman, Wolverine in the X-Men trilogy.The plot revolves around accounting consultant McGregor, who falls in love before she disappears and he is accused of her murder.The film has been scripted by Mark Bomback, Jason Keller, and Marber, and production begins on October 13, with Marcel Langenegger directing his first film. The film is financed independently.Source: www.theherald.co.uk
Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams have joined the cast of the psychological thriller “The Tourist” reports Variety.Scripted by Mark Bomback, Jason Keller and Patrick Marber, the story revolves around an accounting consultant who, while passing from one job to another, meets a charismatic, womanizing lawyer who personifies everything the numbers cruncher wishes he could be. The accountant delves into an erotic world of underground sex clubs.Production begins in New York on October 13th, with Marcel Langenegger making his feature directing debut. A domestic distribution deal will be made shortly after previous studio Fox deemed the material ‘too racy’ and put it in turnaround.Source: www.darkhorizons.com
The New York Daily News reports that Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain) is set to star in The Tourist opposite Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman.McGregor plays Jonathan, an accountant disconnected from life, who is reinvigorated by his new friend Wyatt (Jackman), a powerful and charismatic lawyer, who introduces Jonathan to a mysterious sex club known as The List. Shortly after meeting the woman of his dreams, Jonathan becomes the number one suspect in not only the woman’s disappearance and possible murder, but also a $20 million theft.The thriller, directed by Marcel Langenegger, starts shooting in New York next month.Source: www.comingsoon.netRelated stories:Michelle Williams for The TouristMichelle Williams Tours Sex Clubs
British Film Council pitches inThe British Film Council have agreed to support Scenes of a Sexual Nature by committing £23,000 to enable Tin Pan Films to get additional prints of the film.They have also agreed to another £80,000, which depends on us averaging £3000 per screen in the opening weekend.We look forward to your support in helping us to hit this target for the opening weekend. Source: www.tinpanfilms.comfrom the Scenes of a Sexual Nature Blog:Ewan McGregor says YES!Ewan McGregor was in ‘Guys and Dolls’ at the Piccadilly Theatre. He was playing opposite Doug Hodge who we had also approached to be in the film. They’re the best of friends. So they both decided to come on board. I’m told they rehersed the scene on the stage at the Piccadilly Theatre, so theoretically the script had a West End Premiere before it was made into a film. They played off each other brillaintly on set and were a joy to work with as were the rest of the cast.Once we had gathered all the actors together and I looked at our full cast list, people like Ewan, Hugh, Sophie Okonedo, who was Oscar nominated last year, Gina McKee, Catherine Tate, Adrian Lester, Holly Aird, Eileen Atkins, Tom Hardy, Douglas Hodge, Andrew Lincoln, Eglantine Rembauville, Mark Strong, Polly Walker and Benjamin Whitrow, I thought a dream has truly come true.Source: www.scenesofasexualnature.co.uk/
