Roger Michell Will Direct 'Le Weekend' as Next Project

Director Roger Michell is packing his bags for Le Weekend.

The Notting Hill helmer, who is currently in Toronto for the world premiere of his Hyde Park on Hudson, will direct Le Weekend as his next film, with Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan and Jeff Goldblum starring.

Michells long-time collaborator Hanif Kureishi wrote the screenplay. Kevin Loader (Venus) is producing.

The story centers on a long-married British couple (Broadbent and Duncan) who revisit Paris for the first time since their honeymoon in an attempt to revitalize their marriage. While there they run into an old colleague (Goldblum), and the encounter provides the couple with a new vision of what life and marriage might be.

The film begins shooting in Paris in November.

Michell and Loaders Free Range Films will produce the film in association with Le Bureau for Curzon Film Rights, Film4 and the BFI Film Fund. Film4s Sue Bruce Smith will executive producer alongside Curzons Philip Knatchbull and Louisa Dent. Lizzie Francke will oversee the project for the BFI, and Bertrand Faivre is co-producing for Le Bureau.Embankment Films is handling worldwide sales.

The film marks Curzons entry into film financing. The company will be financing against worldwide sales and taking an equity position in the film. Curzons distribution arm, Artificial Eye, will release the film in the U.K., with Film4 taking TV rights.

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