'Good Year': Wine, woman and Crowe
Crowe's big 'Year'
July 28, 2005
Russell Crowe is going from the boxing ring to the vineyards of France.
The actor is in discussions to star in Ridley Scott's next directorial effort, "A Good Year," for Fox 2000.
Adapted from a Peter Mayle novel by Marc Klein ("Serendipity"), "Good Year" follows a London banker who moves to Provence after inheriting a vineyard. But when he arrives, he meets a California woman who claims that she owns the place.
Scott is producing through his Scott Free Prods.
The film has a tentative September start date in Paris.
Elizabeth Gabler and Rodney Farrell are overseeing for Fox 2000.
If a deal is made, "Good Year" will be the second movie Scott and Crowe have made together; Scott's sword-and-sandal epic "Gladiator" netted Crowe a best actor Oscar in 2001 and also won best picture.
Crowe, repped by WMA, generated early Oscar buzz this year for his portrayal of pugilist Jim Braddock in "Cinderella Man."
The actor is in discussions to star in Ridley Scott's next directorial effort, "A Good Year," for Fox 2000.
Adapted from a Peter Mayle novel by Marc Klein ("Serendipity"), "Good Year" follows a London banker who moves to Provence after inheriting a vineyard. But when he arrives, he meets a California woman who claims that she owns the place.
Scott is producing through his Scott Free Prods.
The film has a tentative September start date in Paris.
Elizabeth Gabler and Rodney Farrell are overseeing for Fox 2000.
If a deal is made, "Good Year" will be the second movie Scott and Crowe have made together; Scott's sword-and-sandal epic "Gladiator" netted Crowe a best actor Oscar in 2001 and also won best picture.
Crowe, repped by WMA, generated early Oscar buzz this year for his portrayal of pugilist Jim Braddock in "Cinderella Man."
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