The man who bought us
The Royal Tenenbaums and
The Darjeeling Limited has just signed up for a new film project.
According to a report in
Variety, Wes Anderson has been hired by Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment to rewrite a 2006 French film called
My Best Friend. Anderson is also considering directing the film.
This extract from
Variety gives you the general idea:
"The French pic starred Daniel Auteuil as a cranky antiques dealer who learns at a dinner with his closest acquaintances that none of them really like him because of his harsh manner and selfishness. When his business partner bets him a valuable vase that he can’t produce a best friend, the dealer tries to get an amiable cab driver to pose as his buddy.Anderson has just finished directing an animated adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel
The Fantastic Mr. Fox, which is voiced by George Clooney, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and Cate Blanchett. It's due for release in the States in November ('09).