'Dust' settles at Par
DreamWorks unable to finalize distrib deal
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DreamWorks had been presumed to be the distributor for "Dust" and had held extensive talks to do so but wasn't able to finalize a deal. Par will also distribute in some overseas territories.
Paula Wagner and Tom Cruise are producing with Jonas McCord through their Paramount-based C/W Prods. shingle, which also produced Towne's last directing effort, "Without Limits."
Towne has been attempting since the 1970s to direct a film version of "Ask the Dust," John Fante's Depression-era novel. Story centers on a young man who comes to Los Angeles to become a novelist and falls in love with a Mexican waitress.
DreamWorks recently dropped out its deal with Paramount to co-finance Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy "Elizabethtown," a Cruise/Wagner production starring Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom (Daily Variety, March 12). DreamWorks and Paramount remain partners on "Stepford Wives," "Collateral" and "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events."
