"Wackness" director lines up a pair of thrillers (Reuters)
Published 7/1/2008 at Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - Jonathan Levine, whose
upcoming comedy-drama "The Wackness" features an infamous kiss
between Ben Kingsley and Mary-Kate Olsen, has set up two new
projects.
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