Shipping News Director Takes On 'Casanova'
[Friday, November 8th, 2002]Filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom ("The Shipping News") is set to direct "Casanova," reports Variety.
The period tale of the famed Lothario who learns the meaning of love when he finds a woman immune to his charms.
The Disney project was originally scripted by Kimberly Simi, and Hallstrom enlisted on the project based on a redraft by Michael Cristofer. Hallstrom will supervise another pass at the script before going out to cast for a 2003 production start.
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