The Ghost News

Roman Polanski to Finish 'The Ghost' From Jail

October 15, 2009 04:10:15

Locked behind bars in Swiss apparently doesn't stop director Roman Polanski to put finishing touches on his upcoming movie "The Ghost". On Wednesday, October 14, screenwriter Robert Harris told The Times newspaper in London that the 76-year-old wanted to make sure the movie is completed in time for its Berlin Film Festival premiere in February 2010.

"He can make his wishes known from his cell. I don't think he can make phone calls, but he can communicate," Harris explained. "What people think of the film is another matter. Whether the film can rise above the circumstances in which the director now finds himself I don't know. We will test to the upper limits the notion that there's no such thing as bad publicity."

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Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Roman Polanski Directing The Ghost

November 08, 2007 04:11:31

Recently ditching his helming duties on "Pompeii", Roman Polanski turns out to have taken a new big screen title as his next directing gig. Report from Variety has stated that the Paris-born filmmaker is set to work on a political thriller feature titled "The Ghost."

Based on Robert Harris' recently-published novel of the same name, project concerns a ghostwriter who is hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister and uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy. The author is said to also come on board helping Polanski adapting the book to a screenplay.

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Looks good... well.. from the pictures...

posted by Mandip on Nov 21, 2009