Cinematical Late Night: Tree of Life, The Incredibles, Ip Man 2, and Iron Man Cologne

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  • Need a sure sign that Timur Bekmambetov has become quite the busy man since making the move from Russia to Hollywood? I no longer need to look up how to spell his last name. He’s been producing a lot lately, but it looks like he’s finally settled on a new directorial project: an adaptation of Peter Ackroyd’s novel The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein. By my memory, this marks at least the third, relatively high-profile Frankenstein project to get the green light; the other two being Guillermo del Toro’s tentative Frankenstein re-imagining and the very cool sounding monster-as-P.I. flick* I, Frankenstein*.

  • I’m sure Tony Stark gets laid a lot in the world of Iron Man, but in the real world I’m not so sure Diesel’s new Iron Man-themed limited edition cologne](http://gear.ign.com/articles/108/1080462p1.html) is going to do the trick.

  • Over at indieWIRE Anne Thompson runs down a list of what is likely to be at this year’s Cannes. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger are being talked about, but the most interesting of the big three is Terrence Malick’s supposedly complete cut of Tree of Life.

  • Magnolia Pictures has picked up Stateside distribution rights for The Extra Man](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3id278df2dbdc3bfc8099799f5766aaa1b), a Sundance 2010 debut directed by Shari Springer Berman based off Jonathan Ames’ novel. No precise theatrical release date is set, but late July is the target.

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