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• Long-time cinematographer Pierre Gill (he was on the money with Denis Villeneuve's Polytechnique) will be making his feature film debut directing Adrien Brody, veteran actress Isabelle Adjani, and Twilight alumni Rachelle Lefevre in Vk - all the actors are of course attached at this point. The period piece, Canadian-French co-production with a 35 million dollar price tag that will begin lensing in either 2010 or Spring of 2011. Written by Doug Taylor, the period piece is about baron Wolfgang von Kempelen who created "The Turk" - a fake chess-playing machine constructed in the late 18th century. When a gifted engineer's comfortable life is ruined by a rival, the chess-playing automaton he invents gives him and his family a chance to start a new one. Inspired by the true story of Baron Von Kempelen (Brody), who traveled through Europe to play against famous historical figures, from Catherine II of Russia to Benjamin Franklin,

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NEW YORK -- William Baldwin has signed to topline the indie feature Red Rover for director Marc Grenier and producer Lee Faulkner. The project will also star Jodi Lyn O'Keefe. Penned by Alisandra Rand and Linda Cordeiro, Rover follows a brother and sister who travel to their family's centuries-old estate upon the death of their father. While staying at the mansion, the siblings encounter strange occurrences that ultimately lead to the revelation that their family's ancient secrets of witchcraft and the occult have left them marked for danger. Production begins on the $5 million-budgeted project later this month in Canada. Baldwin, O'Keefe, Rand and Cordeiro are repped by Paradigm. Baldwin is additionally repped by Integrated Films and Management and Armstrong, Hirsch, Jackoway, Tyerman & Wertheimer. He will also appear in writer-director Brian Burns' upcoming You Stupid Man. O'Keefe is additionally repped by Stone Meyer & Genow. The writers are also repped by Lichter, Grossman, Nichols & Adler.