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Michael Moore says ‘Fahrenheit 9/11′ follow-up is not a sequel
With his follow-up to “Fahrenheit 9/11,” Michael Moore wants to examine America as an empire, study its standing since the Sept. 11 attacks and present revelations to surprise audiences as much as the first film did.
But he doesn’t want to make a sequel.
“To just say it’s a sequel is so wrong,” Moore told The Associated Press yesterday at the Cannes Film Festival, where he met with potential international distributors for the film, due out in 2009.
Michael Moore making ‘Fahrenheit 9/11′ sequel
Paramount Vantage and Overture Films will co-finance and distribute Michael Moore‘s follow-up to his 2004 Palme d’Or winner and global smash Fahrenheit 9/11.
Vantage will commence pre-sales here in what should become one of the hottest titles on the market and Overture will release in North America in a likely summer or autumn 2009 slot. Shooting in the US is expected to begin imminently.
Referring to Moore’s global reputation and the first film’s $225m worldwide gross, Vantage president Nick Meyer said Moore represented a “killer brand”, adding that the title would contain the words “Fahrenheit 9/11 ½.”
Moore’s two other theatrical hits include this year’s Oscar nominee Sicko and the 2003 Oscar winner Bowling For Columbine. Continue Reading…
