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Sarah with new movie!
The independent movie "Air" will begin shooting in Mexico City in January. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ken Watanabe star! |
Thesps take breath of indie 'Air'
Pic will begin shooting in Mexico City in January
By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK
 Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ken Watanabe and Diego LunaDiego Luna are negotiating to star in "The Air I Breathe," to be directed by Jieho Lee for Emilio Diez Barroso's Nala Films and Paul SchiffPaul Schiff Prods.
Pic will begin shooting in Mexico City in January.
Crime drama penned by Jieho and Bob DeRosa is based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones -- happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love.
Producers are Diez Barroso, Nala's Darlene CaamanoDarlene Caamano and Schiff. Tai Duncan of Paul Schiff Prods. and Christopher PrattChristopher Pratt are exec producing.
Nala Films, recently founded by Diez Barroso -- the great-grandson of late Televisa founder Emilio "el Tigre" Azcarraga -- is financing the film with a budget under $10 million. Nala has raised significant coincoin from private investors in Mexico and tapped into film subsidy programs there.
Schiff, who is producing outside his deal with Sony Pictures, brought the project to Nala, which aims to finance three to four English-language pics per year in the $6 million to $12 million range.
Gellar stars in the upcoming "Southland Tales," while Watanabe next appears in "Memoirs of a Geisha." Luna stars in the upcoming "Solo dios sabe."
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