Red to direct, write '100 Feet'
Janssen attached to star with Cannavale
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Pic, which is set to go into production shortly, centers on a woman who murders her abusive husband and is then haunted by his ghost. Famke Janssen ("X-Men") is attached to star with Bobby Cannavale.
Sanger was exec in charge of production on Par's "Mission: Impossible II" and served as producer on pics such as "The Elephant Man" and "The Producers."
He will produce "100 Feet" with fellow Grand Illusions principals Ed Elbert and Sarah Ryan Black, as well as Gotham real-estate and soundstage magnate David Steiner of Steiner Studios.
A remake of Red's "The Hitcher" earned $16 million at the box office for Focus genre label Rogue earlier this year.
In 2000, Red found himself in the headlines after a vehicle he was driving crashed into a pool hall on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and killed two people.
After a six-month investigation, Red, who said he blacked out before the incident, was never brought up on criminal charges; he was found liable for damages in civil court. This is his first major film gig since the event.
Production also will mark the first collaboration between Steiner and Grand Illusions since Steiner entered a production and financing agreement with the shingle in the fall. Steiner, who is now a partner in Grand Illusions, will partly finance "100 Feet."
Movie also will be partially shot at Steiner Studios.
Grand Illusions also is set to go into production on WWII pic "Beast of Bataan," which is being helmed by Fred Schepisi.
