Director Michael Mann to shoot Robert Capa biopic: movie news recap

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In the movie news recap for Monday, October 5: Oscar-nominated director Michael Mann commits to war photographer biopic, Waiting for Robert Capa; Bangladesh chooses Britter Bairey for Best Foreign Language Film consideration at the 2010 Oscars; and Liam Neeson begins shooting The Next Three Days, an adaptation of France's Pour Elle.

Director Michael Mann to shoot Robert Capa biopic
American director Michael Mann has partnered with Columbia Pictures to film a biopic on celebrated Austrian-Hungarian war photographer Robert Capa, according to entertainment trade publication Variety. Focusing on Capa's two-year romance with renowned Jewish German war photojournalist Gerda Taro during the Spanish Civil War, Waiting for Robert Capa will be adapted from the 2009 novel Esperando a Robert Capa, by Spanish writer Susana Fortes. Mann will reportedly produce and direct the film for a low budget. Public Enemies, directed by Mann this year, grossed over $194 million worldwide.

Bangladesh selects Britter Bairey for 2010 Oscar candidacy
The Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies announced its nomination of Bangladeshi director Golam Rabbani Biplob's political fable Britter Bairey ( Beyond the Circle) to represent the country in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 2010 Academy Awards. The film deals with a rural flute player (Bangladeshi actor Jayanto Chattopadhyay) getting sucked into the market economy of Dhaka. Announcements are scheduled to take place for the Best Foreign Language nominees on February 2, 2010. The Academy Awards ceremony takes place March 7 in Los Angeles, California.

Liam Neeson begins filming The Next Three Days opposite Russell Crowe
Irish actor Liam Neeson has joined the cast of The Next Three Days, an American adaptation of the 2008 French romantic thriller Pour Elle, according to entertainment trade publication Variety. Canadian-American director Paul Haggis is directing The Next Three Days, and Neeson stars opposite Australian actor Russell Crowe. The plot involves a high school teacher hatching a daring plan to spring his wrongly incarcerated wife from prison. Production began Friday, October 2, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is scheduled to wrap up December 12.