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June 4, 2001 - By Cathy Dunkley
HOLLYWOOD -- HSI and Tomorrow Film Corp. have
teamed up to produce the dark comedy "American Girl," directed
by Jordan Brady ("The Third Wheel').
Jena Malone ("Step Mom," "Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys"),
Brad Renfro ("Apt Pupil"), Alicia Witt ("Cecil B. Demented")
and Clifton Collins Jr. ("Traffic") star in the pic, penned
by first-timer Scott Sandoe. Film tells the story of a 15-year-old girl
who decides to attend an annual picnic at the prison where her father
is incarcerated to finally get to know him. The teenager manages to convince
her desperate mother, brother and half-sister to attend the picnic where
a bevy of secrets and a bundle of mishaps end up reuniting the family.
Tomorrow Film's president, Yoram Pelman, will
produce with HSI's head of production Adam Rosenfelt, Stavros Merjos,
Chad Snopek and Sheila Wurmser.
"Girl" is the second feature from HSI/Tomorrow Film following
their recent collaboration on "The Third Wheel," starring Ben
Affleck, Denise Richards and Luke Wilson. Pic will be released domestically
by Miramax.
HSI/Tomorrow also are teaming on "Autobahn,"
being produced in association with Colomby/Keaton Prods., starring Michael
Keaton as a cop who finds himself caught up in a high-speed car chase
on the German roadway when his partner is murdered.
Other titles on the HSI/Tomorrow upcoming slate
include "Judas," to be directed by musicvideo helmer Paul Hunter,
and "The Remains of Glory," to be directed by Brian Cox, about
an English country doctor's encounter with a larger-than-life French painter
on the coast of Normandy.
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