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And in the red corner,'Grudge' and Warners

By Borys Kit

Warner Bros. is getting into the ring withTim Kelleher, picking up the scribe'spitch "Grudge Matchr'Billy Gerber andMark Steven johnson are producing.

"Grudge," which seeks to evoke thetone of the 2000 Warners movie "Space Cowboys:'revolves around retired boxers Billy "The Kid nMcGuigan and Henry "Razor" Sharp, lifelong rivals who are coaxedout of retirement for a final grudge match - 50 years after their lasttitle fight.

Kelleher is writing the screenplay. Sarah Schechter is overseeingfor the studio.

Kelleher, who recently signed with ICM, is a veteran TV writer whohas worked on "In Living Color" and "The Arsenio Hall Show" and cre-atedthe comedy "Rock Me Bahy" forUPN. "Grudge" marks his secondforay into feature writing, after the 1996 Sinbad starrer "First Kid?'

Patton is swept up for 'Broom'By Zorianna Kit female lead of the

wealthy family.BishopT.D.

[akes, CurtisWallace, TraceyEdmonds, GlendonPalmer and Eliza-beth Hunter areproducing. Hunter

did a recent polish on the script.If the project comes together.

it likely would go out througb theSony label.

Patton, repped by WME, isonscreen in "just Wright" andplayed the teacher in the Oscar-nominated "Precious!' Dml

Paula Patton is in negotiationsto topline the wedding - themedcomedy "[umping' the Broom?'Television helmer Salim AkiI ismaking his feature directorialdebut on the project, which isslated to begin shooting in thesummer in Nova Scotia.

Written by Arlene Gibbs andElizabeth Hunter, the filmrevolvesaround the clash of two black farn-ilies from opposite ends of thesocioeconomic spectrum duringa weekend wedding in Martha'sVineyard. Patton would play the

Indie distribs make late [annes grabsBy Zorianna Kitand Borys Kit

As the Festival de C anneswound to a close, a handful of filmsfound homes via last-minuteacquisitions.

IFC Films nabbed U.S. rights toBertrand Tavernier's "TIle Princessof Montpensier," indie cult helmerGregg Araki's "Kaboom" and Mex-ican filmmaker Jorge Michel Grau'sdirectorial debut "We Are WhatWeAre."

Sony Pictures Classics acquiredU.S., Australia and New Zealandrigbts to the French film "Of Gods& Men:' and Anchor Bay Enter-tainment picked up U.S. distribu-tion rights to "Altitude:' asuper-natural thriller directed by comicsartiat Kaare Andrews.

Earlier in the week. SPC said itacquired North American rigbts toMike Leigh's "Another Day?'

"Montpensier:' which screenedIn Competition. is a period cos-tume drama based on the Frenchnovel. The love story centers on a

young aristocrat who is set tomarry a prince, but her heartbelongs to a warrior.

"Kaboom," which screened Outof Competition, is descnbed as asex -drenched comic thriller aboutan I8-year-old who stumbles on aconspiracy in a seaside town.

"We Are:' a Directors' Fortnightfllm, revolves around a cannibalfamily that loses its patriarch.

"Gods:' directed by Xavier.Beauvois, revolves around a groupof French Christian monks co-existing with their Muslim broth-ers high in the mountains of theMaghreb. When violence and ter-ror encroach upon the region, themonks resolve to stay.

"Altitude" will be released viathe Anchor Bay Films label; thedeal includes distnbution in theU.K .•Australia and New Zealand.Written by Paul A. Birkett, itrevolves around a group of teenson a weekend getaway aboard asmall plane that turns deadlywben they encounter a super-natural force. DmJ

CLIPS

BLOOM AS BAD GUYOrlando Bloomhas signed tojoin the ensemblecast of Paul W.s.Anderson's "The

Three Musketeers." JamesCarden also has joined the 3Dmovie, which will shoot in thesummer ahead of a summer2011 release. Bloom will play

the Duke of Buckingham,an archnernesis to theMusketeeJS. Carden willplay Planchet, a servant

set for June 24 at the BeverlyHilton. Broughton will be pre-sentedthe Henry ManciniAward; McCarthy will receivethe Golden Note Award.

ASCAP HONOREESComposers Bruce Broughtonand Dennis McCarthy willbe honored during the 25thannual fJ5CAP Film and Tele-vision Music Awards ceremony,

THREE FOR 'GLEE'Fox has renewed "Glee" for athird season, EntertainmentWeekly first reported Sunday,two weeks before the musical

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dramedy's first season wraps.

ICAHN EXTENSIONCart lcahn has extended hishostnetender offer for Uons-gate shares to June 1,withoutraising his $7 offer. The movecomes as support for an unso-licited stock offer ebbs: TheIcahn Group said 4.7 milUonshares, or 4% of outstanding

stock, have been tendered andnot withdrawn, down from75 million tendered by May 10.

A REEL WINNERMovie and TVdirector BettyKaplan ("Almost a Woman")will receive the Career Achieve-ment Award at the Reel Ras-quache Art & Film Festival, setfor June 4-6 in Pasadena

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