*UPDATE* "Hold on to me" has an official director: James Marsh..!

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from Screen 

... report that James Marsh, the man behind the sublime “Man on Wire”, the excellent “Red Riding” and “Shadow Dancer", has another project. The filmmaker’s encounter with the producers of “The Girl With A Clock For A Heart”, an adaptation of the novel by Peter Swanson, about a man who reconnects with an ex-girlfriend who needs your help. Marsh compares the project “Memento” and “Point Blank” has our attention.
There are no deadlines yet, but is likely Marsh addressed “Hold On To Me” with Robert Pattinson and Carey Mulligan first.
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Carey Mulligan about "Hold on to Me" and Robert Pattinson....

with Grazia Magazine (Germany)...

 

 

translation... 

Is the project with Robert Pattinson still a go?Yes, we haven’t given up yet. So far it hasn’t worked, but the script is fantastic and working with Rob would be great fun

  

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*VIDEO* Carey Mulligan about Robert Pattinson and "Hold on to Me"...

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"Hold on to me" now listed as 'in Pre-Production"... + Full Synopsis de

plus FULL Synopsis...

from FilmNation

• Director: James Marsh 
• Cast: Carey Mulligan and Robert Pattinson
• Producers: Alexandra Milchan, Todd Field, and Indian Paintbrush’s Steven Rales and Mark Roybal Writer: Brad Ingelsby

In Pre-Production 

HOLD ON TO ME is an electrifying thriller based on the extraordinary true story of a femme fatale who kidnaps and ransoms the town’s richest man. Mulligan plays Nancy, a small town girl who callously leaves her boyfriend Jimmy (Pattinson) behind to chase a modelling career in New York City, breaking his heart in the process. To Nancy’s surprise, New York isn’t impressed by her and at 26, she’s back home waiting tables at the local diner. When she gets word that Jimmy has become a wealthy and successful criminal in Chicago, she tracks him down with a view to winning his affections, only to find crushing rejection. Fuelled by jealousy and an unquenchable thirst for fortune, Nancy finds Danny, a naïve pawn she can seduce and manipulate to her own ends and together they embark on a life of crime. Success comes fast, and leaves faster but nothing and no one will stand in the way of Nancy’s naked, dangerous and deadly ambition.

petite trad. ...

HOLD ON TO ME est un thriller électrisant, basé sur l'histoire vraie extraordinaire d'une femme fatale qui kidnappe et rançonne l'homme le plus riche de la ville. Mulligan joue Nancy, une jeune fille de petite ville qui abandonne froidement son petit ami (Pattinson) Jimmy derrière elle pour tenter une carrière de mannequin à New York, brisant son cœur dans le processus. À la surprise de Nancy, New York n'est pas impressionné par elle et à 26 ans, elle est de retour au pays, hôtesse dans le restaurant local. Quand elle apprend que Jimmy est devenu un criminel riche et prospère à Chicago, elle le traque dans le but de gagner son affection, mais ne trouvera qu'un rejet écrasant. Alimentée par la jalousie et une soif inextinguible de fortune, Nancy trouve en Danny, un pion naïf, qu'elle peut séduire et manipuler pour arriver à ses propres fins et, ensemble, ils se lancent dans une vie criminelle. Le succès vient rapidement, et les abandonne plus rapidement encore, mais rien ni personne ne se dressera devant l'ambition dangereuse et mortelle de Nancy.


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"Hold on to me" with Robert Pattinson... among the best screenplay, according to Blacklist...

and Carrey Mulligan....

from Black List 

The Black List was compiled from the suggestions over 290 film executives, each of
whom contributed the names of up to ten of their favorite scripts that were written in,
or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2012 and will not have completed principal
photography during this calendar year. 

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It has been said many times, but it’s worth repeating:
The Black List is not a “best of ” list. It is, at best, a “most liked” list.

"Hold on to me"... with 6 votes....

"Hold on to me"... parmi les meilleurs script, enfin les "plus aimés"... d'après Black List... (choix entre plus de 290 scripts), et totalise 6 votes...


source: Black List via RoPattNews

James Marsh, "Hold On To Me" director... about Robert Pattinson....

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Ooh.... love what James Marsh says about Rob.....

   

de Cinemateaser

Alors si Marsh compte tourner cette mini-série encore sans titre officiel l’été prochain, où en est HOLD ON TO ME, son projet avec Robert Pattinson et Carey Mulligan ? « Ça avance, nous rassure Marsh. Je pense tourner début 2013 si les financements sont sécurisés. » Souvent comparé à PRÊTE À TOUT de Gus Van Sant en raison de son pitch (une reine de beauté kidnappe et enterre vivant un homme pour de l’argent), Marsh nous précise qu’il trouve la comparaison idoine, même si « BOOGIE NIGHTS sera aussi un modèle en termes de ton. C’est un de mes films préférés, car il va de la noirceur à l’humour en une seconde. HOLD ON TO ME sera une comédie sombre. Mes docus avaient de l’humour – du moins je l’espère – alors que mes fictions étaient plus pesantes. Là, cela sera plus exubérant. » Un opus qui pourrait changer la carrière de Marsh, en raison de la présence au casting de Robert Pattinson : «Robert est intéressant : il sait où il veut aller et il veut travailler sur des projets qu’il aide à se faire, comme COSMOPOLIS. Il utilise sa notoriété et son énergie pour aider des gens comme moi à faire des films intéressants. Il a beaucoup de potentiel. Quand on s’est rencontrés, j’ai adoré son attitude à l’égard du cinéma. Il a beaucoup aimé le scénario et m’en a parlé de manière très intelligente. Il sera un super atout pour HOLD ON TO ME et j’espère du coup qu’avec lui au casting, cela rameutera plein de jeunes adolescentes dans les salles pour les corrompre ! (Rires.) » Pour finir, Marsh nous a révélé l’acteur qu’il convoitait pour compléter le casting : « J’aimerais engager un acteur de la série GIRLS, Adam Driver. C’est un acteur génial, encore peu connu. Cela formera un super triangle avec Robert et Carey. » Un comédien formidable en effet, déjà vu dans J. EDGAR, et qui sera prochainement dans LINCOLN de Steven Spielberg, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS des Coen, THE F WORD avec Daniel Radcliffe ou encore FRANCES HA de Noah Baumbach.

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"rough" translation about Rob's part....

"Robert is interesting: he knows where he wants to go and he wants to work on projects that help to make as COSMOPOLIS. He uses his fame and power to help people like me to make interesting films. It has a lot of potential. When we met, I loved his attitude towards cinema. He loved the script and told me so very intelligent. It will be a great asset to HOLD ON TO ME and I hope with him to suddenly casting this rameutera full of teenage girls in the rooms to corrupt! (Laugh.) "

source: @clarabelg1 via ROBsessed

"Hold on to me"... another *NEW* role for Robert Pattinson....

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Carey Mulligan
from Deadline

As packages firm up for AFM, here’s one that will surely reverberate in Santa Monica. Robert Pattinson is signing on to star with Carey Mulligan in Hold On To Me. The film will be directed by James Marsh, who won an Oscar for the docu Man On Wire and followed with Project Nim.
Pic is based on a true story about a femme fatale who with her boyfriend kidnaps and ransoms the town’s richest man. They bury him in a box and things go horribly awry. Pattinson plays the flashy supporting role of the woman’s life love, Jimmy, who isn’t involved in the crime. The project was scripted by Brad Ingelsby.
Indian Paintbrush’s Steven Rales, Mark Roybal and Michael Pruss are producing with Alexandra Milchan. Also producing is Todd Field, who originally developed the film to direct, but stepped off to helm Creed of Violence for Cross Creek.
Pattinson adds this to an early 2013 schedule that will have him starring opposite Guy Pearce in the David Michod-directed The Rover, and he is also starring in Mission Blacklist, the true story of the U.S. military interrogator responsible for discovering the location of Saddam Hussein in the hunt for the fallen leader. He is repped by WME and 3 Arts.

from The Playlist 

Pattinson will join Carey Mulligan in the previously announced "Nancy And Danny" which is now called "Hold On To Me." But this isn't some swoony romance. Pennedy by Brad Ingelsby ("Out Of The Furnace"), and set to be directed by James Marsh ("Project Nim," "Shadow Dancer") the story follows a money hungry woman, whose life didn't turn out the way she wanted, who uses a man as a pawn to help land her high school crush in a get-rich-quick scheme. And that plan is to bury the town's richest man in box and hold him for ransom, but of course, things don't go as their supposed to. 

The film also brings Pattinson into the orbit of another great filmmaker, Todd Field, who is producing the project after being originally attached to direct (he's now focusing on "The Creed Of Violence"). Now before anyone gets too excited, this is a package project headed to the American Film Market which means if it doesn't get some decent pre-sales, it ain't gonna happen. But Pattinson is clearly done with blockbusters for the moment, and we like everyone involved, and given the talent on board, we don't see why this can't make a planned 2013 shoot.

from The Wrap 

Robert Pattinson may sink his fangs into "Hold On to Me," his manager told TheWrap.
The "Twilight" hunk is in talks to play Carey Mulligan's lover in the romantic drama, directed by James Marsh, who made the Oscar-winning documentary "Man on Wire."
In the film, Pattinson would play a character named Jimmy who is manipulated by the money-hungry social-climber portrayed by Mulligan. She hatches a plot to kidnap and bury the town's richest man. Suffice to say, things don't go as planned on the way to easy street.
Pattinson has become a teenage sex symbol thanks to his role as the brooding vampire in "Twilight," but he has shown an eagerness to avoid being typecast as Byronic objects of lust in an array of roles in indie films like David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis"(2012).
On deck for Pattinson are "The Rover," a futuristic western opposite Guy Pearce, and "Queen of the Desert," a historical drama that will find him playing T.E. Lawrence for Werner Herzog, the idiosyncratic director behind "Fitzcarraldo."
He will also stick on the pointy teeth once more in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2," which will start inducing mass-swooning among preadolescent girls on Nov. 16.

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James Marsh

from FirstPost 

James Marsh was asked about his new project a the Mumbai Film Festival. Here's what he had to say about it:
"My next movie is an independent American film, and it’s a comedy, (laughs) but a very cruel and nasty one. It’s inspired by one of those great American true crime stories that can only happen in America, I guess. It’s about a beauty queen who is getting older and gets her dumb boyfriend to kidnap the richest man of that small town for ransom, failing to receive which, they plan to bury him alive. I’ve been working on the screenplay with a writer at the moment. The actress in the story is British though — Carrey Mulligan. I think she’s a great actress and does a very good American accent. I’ve wanted to work with her for quite some time, and she liked the script. I’m glad to moving away from thrillers and documentaries on this one! "

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