AFM Announcements Include Intriguing New Comedy Pairing

Of all the new projects mentioned in this look at American Film Market announcement slate from Screen International — including Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, starring Stephen Dorff, and the next film from Gavin O’Connor, who kind of got screwed on the release of Pride and Glory — I think I’m most intrigued by news that Nicole Holofcener (Walking and Talking, Friends with Money) will direct an untitled James McAvoy/Seth Rogen comedy about a sick man who must overcome a series of challenges on the road to recovery. She’s a wildly underrated director, and that’s an intriguing pairing that already has me leaning forward in my seat, future date to be determined.