Nuovo progetto per Kris: "The Big Shoe"

Kristen Stewart si è aggiunta al cast del film "The Big Shoe", di Steven Shainberg.
Unendosi ad Elizabeth Banks e Jim Sturgess, prodotto da Andrew Lazar con Richard Middleton e Christina Lurie (produttori esecutivi).
Il film parla di un designer di scarpe (Sturgess), la quale famiglia vuole sfruttare i suoi disegni per mettere in produzione una linea su scala mondiale a discapito della sua creatività, che lo costringe a voler andarsene. La famiglia, decisa a farlo tornare al lavoro, assume due psicoterapiste, Mary Kay (Banks) e Delphi (Stewart) per convincerlo. Descritta come una commedia dark e sexy.
Precedentemente comunicata come data di inizio riprese: 17 Giugno 2013.

Deadline

Kristen Stewart and Elizabeth Banks are joining Jim Sturgess in Steven Shainberg’s The Big Shoe. HanWay Films is handling international here at the EFM with CAA repping domestic. Secretary director Shainberg is helming from a script he wrote with Mickey Birnbaum. Sturgess plays a gifted shoe designer forced to break free from a family who wants to turn his designs into mass-produced knock-offs. The family hires psychotherapist Mary Kay (Banks) and muse Delphi (Stewart) to lure him back to work. Shainberg says the film will combine eroticism and humor in a similar way to dark comedy Secretary. Andrew Lazar’s Mad Chance produces and Richard Middleton and Christina Lurie are executive producing. 

Variety

Kristen Stewart is set to join the cast of Steven Shainberg's comedy drama "The Big Shoe." Elizabeth Banks is also confirmed for the cast alongside Jim Sturgess.

Marking helmer Shainberg's first feature outing since 2006's "Fur," "The Big Shoe" follows a show designer (Sturgess) whose family want to use his designs to make mass-produced knock-offs for fast profit. The family hires a muse (Stewart) and a psychotherapist (Banks) to lure him back to work when he breaks free from the family.

The film is described by Shainberg as combining eroticism and humor in the same vein as his 2002 film "Secretary."

Andrew Lazar's Mad Chance Productions will produce the film, which is scripted by Shainberg and Mickey Birnbaum. Lensing is set to begin June 17.

HanWay Films handles international sales. CAA are handling domestic rights.

IndieWire

When we put together our "where are they now" list of directors who'd gone years without making a film, one of the ones who didn't quite make the cut, but came very close, was Steven Shainberg. The filmmaker's second film "Secretary" was one of the more enduring indie cult classics of the first half of the '00s, but his follow-up, "Fur," withNicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr., wasn't embraced by either critics or audiences, and seven years have passed since that film.

Much of that time has been spent trying to make the comedy-drama "The Big Shoe," about a foot-fetishist who's also a gifted shoe designer trying to get away from his overbearing family. A few years ago, the film was attracting the attention of Joaquin Phoenix and Mia Wasikowska, but never quite came together. Fortunately, it got a new lease on life last year as Jim Sturgess took the lead role. And now two more high-profile cast members have joined, as Deadline reports that Kristen Stewart and Elizabeth Banks have come on board the film.

Banks will play a psychotherapist hired by Sturgess' character's family, while Stewart will play his muse, Delphi. Interestingly, there's no mention of Susan Sarandon, who last year was mentioned as playing Sturgess' mother -- presumably she's fallen off the film. The film's being shopped at the European Film Market in Berlin this week, and hopefully financing will come together fairly quickly; it sounds like a fitting successor to "Secretary," and with a pretty promising cast.

THR

CANNES -- Steven Shainberg is returning to the director's chair for sexy comedic drama The Big Shoe, starring Jim Sturgess and Susan Sarandon.
The Big Shoe -- featuring footwear designed for the film by England'sGeorgina Goodman -- will be financed by a new $150 million equity film fund announced this week by AngelWorld Entertainment.

Shainberg (Secretary, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus) is set to start shooting this fall from a script he co-wrote with Mickey Birnbaum. The project reteams Sarandon and Sturgess, who will be seen in Focus Features' Cloud Atlas,from Tom Tykwer, Andy and Lana Wachowski.

Andrew Lazar's Mad Chance Productions will produce alongside AngelWorld's Darby Angel, Tykwer and the Wachowskis. HanWay Films will handle international sales, while CAA negotiated the deal and is representing North American rights (CAA also reps WorldView).

The Big Shoe follows Nate (Sturgess), a gifted shoe designer forced to break free from a family who wants to cheapen his art for their own commercial gain. His overbearing mother Irene (Sarandon) hires a psychotherapist and a muse to lure Nate back to work.

"The Big Shoe provides the opportunity to explore a playful romantic, sexy, intimate connection just as Secretary did. The script combines eroticism and humor in such a unique way -- where shoes are better than sex," Shainberg said.

Goodman recently designed a pair of wedding shoes commissioned by the Royal Mint to celebrate the Royal Wedding. Only 11 pairs of the shoes were produced, the first going to Kate Middleton.

"The project has all the elements we were looking for to satisfy our financing model. The script is strong, as is the cast and the creative team, and it's great to work with an experienced and reputable producer like Lazar. The Big Shoe ticks all the boxes, especially as our investment criteria are non-negotiable," said Angel.

AngelWorld's new $150 million equity fund -- putting investors in the first position -- will finance six projects. The Big Shoe is the first to be announced.

Sturgess is represented in the U.K. by Garricks, while CAA represents Sarandon. Shainberg is represented by Industry Entertainment.

WWD

Designer Georgina Goodman will have a starring role in “The Big Shoe,” a sexy comic-drama by director Steven Shainberg about a shoe designer played by actor Jim Sturgess.

Also starring Susan Sarandon, the film will be financed by a new $150 million equity film fund announced by AngelWorld Entertainment this week at Cannes. The story follows Nate (Sturgess), a talented shoe designer who is forced to break ties with his footwear industry family when they attempt to cheapen his art for their own financial gain. Sarandon plays the role of Irene, the overbearing mother who hires a team of ladies — including a psychotherapist and muse with the perfect foot — to lure Nate back to work.
Shainberg, a self-proclaimed lover of shoes, told Footwear News he met with several high-end footwear designers while preparing to make this film. In doing so, Shainberg noticed how like his main character they were in various respects. “I wasn’t that far off!” he claimed of the script he co-wrote with Mickey Birnbaum.
Goodman, who was chosen to design the shoes for the film, said she enjoyed seeing the world through the director’s eyes. “Steven is so creative in his thinking and vision. I've loved getting into the head of his fantastically complex character. It’s a dream job for any designer.”
So far,the partnership has proven to be a good one.
“Georgina is very verbal and thinks the way I do in terms of storytelling and metaphorical language,” Shainberg said.

According to the pair, even before AngelWorld Entertainment signed on to finance the production, they had already made several sample passes for the collection. “I have been completing designs over the last few months, so it’s very exciting that we have secured the funding,” said Goodman, who is working on a new footwear venture after closing down her eponymous line last year. The designer was also a frequent collaborator of the late Lee Alexander McQueen, including helping to design the now-famous Armadillo shoe.
Shainberg described the shoes as “insane and amazing and beautiful,” while adding that quality is of the utmost importance. “One of the tricky things about this film is we have to realize the shoes on the highest level. It is the most important thing,” he added.
As for whether the high cost of producing in Italy had come as a surprise to the director, Shainberg said it will all be worthwhile.

“[The price of production in Italy] is kind of insane. But if you’re making a gorgeous couture object of any kind with handcrafted beautiful components it’s going to be expensive. So I guess I wasn’t really surprised. The shoes are a crucial character in this film.”
As for the significance of portraying the footwear industry on the big screen, Shainberg said he feels it’s about time. “We’ve had movies about sculptors, painters, writers, filmmakers, all kinds of artists portrayed, but never a great shoe designer. From my point of view, the central character is an artist, and his relationship to money and commerce is something all artists face, but especially in fashion.”

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