Sofia Coppola to direct Somewhere

Posted on April 20, 2009
Filed Under Actors, Actresses, Directors, News

Hope you all had a great weekend. How mine was? Well, besides doing my thing at the charcoal grill and washing both cars, manually… I got to enjoy some fine movies this weekend – one of them being the excellent “Lost in Translation.” So while already in “Coppola-mode” today’s topic wasn’t a tough decision.

Variety reports that writer/director Sofia Coppola will set her next film, the dramedy “Somewhere,” at the iconic Chateau Marmont in Hollywood. Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning will star in the film which Coppola herself penned. Story centers on a bad-boy actor stumbling through a life of excess at the Chateau Marmont. With an unexpected visit from his 11-year-old daughter, he is forced to reexamine his life.

The filmmaker, who said she has been looking to make “an intimate story set in contemporary Los Angeles,” received permission to shoot at the hotel, which has become notorious in recent years as a popular address for tabloid-friendly celebs.

The project reunites Coppola with the film company with which she made the critical darling and box office hit “Lost in Translation.”

“‘Lost in Translation’ remains among Focus’ most beloved movies, so we have long looked forward to making another picture with Sofia,” Focus CEO James Schamus said. “‘Somewhere’ will have all the witty, moving and empathetic qualities that characterize all her work.”

“Somewhere” is something of a family affair. Coppola is producing with brother Roman Coppola. Her father, Francis Ford Coppola are exec producing.

Smart move Sofia, keep it in the family!

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