Left at the 'Altar'
'Circus' replaces 'Dangerous' at Sundance
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A production of Foster and Meg LeFauve's Egg Pictures, "Dangerous Lives" was to be the fest's Centerpiece Premiere. Fine Line's Cameron Diaz starrer "Invisible Circus" will take over that slot, marking the fest's opening night Jan. 24 in Park City.
Sources at Egg Pictures were not immediately available for comment, but it's believed that "Dangerous Lives," which features extensive animation and is said to be budgeted in the $20 million range, was far from ready.
Based on a 1994 novel by the late Chris Fuhrman, pic stars Foster as a nun in a Southern Catholic school whose charges create an obscene comicbook and plan an elaborate heist when their work is discovered.
Produced by Foster and directed by Peter Care, it also stars Jena Malone, Kieran Culkin and Vincent D'Onofrio. Unlike "Invisible Circus," "Altar Boys" does not yet have a domestic distributor.
"Invisible Circus," which concerns a sister and a mother's efforts to come to grips with a woman's mysterious death, was directed by Adam Brooks and also stars Jordana Brewster and Christopher Eccleston. It was produced by Industry Entertainment's Julia Chasman and Nick Wechsler as part of a production deal with Fine Line parent New Line Cinema.
"Invisible Circus" wasn't originally in the Sundance lineup. It will be making its world premiere.
Foster, who exec produced last year's Sundance entree "Waking the Dead," has previously served as a board member of the Sundance Institute.
