Variety EXCLUSIVE:
Nick Cassavetes (THE NOTEBOOK) will direct the gritty action pic CALI,
for which Kristen Stewart is set to star. Pic follows a pair of San
Fernando Valley lovebirds who sell a fake snuff film and ride off with a
bundle of cash. Years later, the girl (Stewart) must “return from the
dead” to save the younger sister she left behind. Voltage Pictures will
be selling the film at the Cannes Film Market, and producers are
anticipating a late summer start.
Cassavetes is best known for directing the hit Nicholas Sparks
adaptation THE NOTEBOOK, as well as the true crime tale ALPHA DOG.
Cassavetes is an actor as well, and he most recently appeared in THE
HANGOVER PART II. -Jeff Sneider via Variety_JLD
coming soon Nick
Cassavetes has signed on to direct Cali, Variety reports. Kristen
Stewart was recently announced to be headlining the crime drama.
30 Minutes of Less screenwriter Michael Diliberti is providing the
screenplay, which will feature Stewart as Mya, a young woman who, with
her boyfriend, Chris, fakes her own death as part of a snuff film and
runs away. Years later, she has to return to the San Fernando valley in
an effort to save her sisters.
Cali will shoot this summer with Diliberti, Craig J. Flores and Zev
Foreman producing and Nicolas Chartier and Brian Levy executive
producing.
Via RobStenation
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