WOODY ALLEN - WOODY ALLEN BIDS PARIS AU REVOIR

Woody Allen may be regarded as a veritable hero in France, but the filmmaker has decided that shooting a movie there is too expensive. Daily Variety reported today (Tuesday) that Allen has scrapped plans to shoot his next film in Paris, and has decided to shoot a third film in London instead. The Paris film was to have starred Michelle Williams -- in her first movie since her Oscar-nominated role in Brokeback Mountain -- and David Krumholtz, the star of CBS's Numb3rs. Variety said that the London film will have a different script and a different cast. In a recent interview with Paris-based writer Norman Spinrad, Allen remarked about the city: "Whenever I'm here, I love it and I always feel depressed when I have to leave here." Fittingly, Daily Variety, in its item today, remarked: "Woody Allen will have plenty to talk about in his next therapy session."

18/04/2006