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So far he's tapped Mark Wahlberg, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman, Dustin Hoffman, Lily
Tomlin and Catherine Deneuve to join him.
Paltrow is soon to be seen in 'View From The Top'
and Law is headlining one of this years eagerly awaited
flicks - 'Cold Mountain'.
Russell hopes to shoot in June in Los Angeles - LA
being known as the centre of existentialism.
'It's an ensemble comedy centring around a married
couple', Russell said. 'They are detectives who solve
existential crises for people. It was an idea of mine
that I wrote with Jeff Baena'.
The picture's working title is 'I Love Huckabee's',
employing the symbol of a heart for the word love.
Russell would not explain the significance of Huckabee's,
but evidently the concept is a strong one, because
he is flirting with that cast on a film whose budget
is less than $20 million. 'We will be trying to work
out favoured-nations deals', Russell said.
The film's tone is closer to his 1996 Miramax film
'Flirting With Disaster', than it is to his WB film
'Three Kings'.
Russell has aligned Miramax and Warner Bros. in a
co-production scenario that is still coming together.
The plan is for WB to take the creative lead and foreign
territories, while Miramax handles domestic distribution.
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