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"Persepolis" director Marjane Satrapi to direct "The Voices"
Aug 8th, 2012
NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Marjane Satrapi will direct "The Voices" for Mandalay Vision and Vertigo Entertainment, Mandalay confirmed on Tuesday. This will be the first English language, live-action film for Satrapi, the director of 2007 animated Oscar nominee "Persepolis." Her first live-action feature, "Chicken with Plums," a French drama, opened overseas last year. Both films are based on graphic novels Satrapi wrote. "The Voices" is a Black List script written by Michael R. Perry ("Paranormal Activity 2") that details a disturbed factory worker who goes on and off his medications. ... (Source: Reuters) -
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