Soderbergh to direct 'Girlfriend'

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Soderbergh Gets the "Girlfriend Experience"
Published 4/29/2008 at FilmWad
Steven Soderbergh has been developing a project for himself to direct called "The Girlfriend Experience," which will revolve around the world of high class prostitution. The protagonist will be a $10,000-per-night call girl. According to Variety: The title refers to a phenomenon in which wealthy men pay not just for the quality of a sexual encounter but also for a woman who will play the role of a perfect girlfriend. The arrangement apparently involves more intimacy than the usual prostitution relationship. Soderbergh, [Brian] Koppelman and [David] Levien interviewed numerous women and fixed on an interior look at a woman who ...

Steven Soderbergh to get The Girlfriend Experience
Published 4/29/2008 at Filmstalker
... .The Girlfriend Experience will explore the world of prostitution, but one where it doesn't just involve the usual services. This film will explore a call girl who charges to be a girlfriend rather than a call-girl, and who makes huge amounts of money in the process. Variety reports that Soderbergh may cast an adult film star in the role. The film is part of the deal Soderbergh has with 2929 Entertainment, where six low budget films will be made and released in cinemas, cable TV and DVD at the same time.

A new episode in the saga of 'Porn to Mainstream'...
Published 4/29/2008 by Glenn Kenny at In The Company Of Glenn
... This morning's Variety brings official news about a project I've been hearing about for almost a year: The Girlfriend Experience, a digital pic to be directed by Stephen Soderbergh from a script by my buds Brian Koppelman and David Levien. The film will explore a relatively recent twist in the world's oldest profession, wherein the encounter sometimes referred to as a "trick" provides not merely sex, but a simulacurum of a perfect romantic relationship. ...

Steven Soderbergh Gets a ‘Girlfriend’
Published 4/29/2008 at Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
... with the low-budget The Girlfriend Experience, the story of a high-priced call girl partly improvised from a detailed outline by Soderbergh, Brian Koppelman, and David Levien. The film, the second (after Bubble) in the low-budget deal Soderbergh made with Mark Cuban's 2929 Entertainment, will steer clear of stars and may include an adult-film actress in the lead. Thankfully, Wikipedia is here to help! [Variety] Gibson Seeks Darkness: Mel Gibson accepts his ...

Soderbergh To Have Girlfriend Experience
Published 4/29/2008 by Kirsten Anderson at At The Movies - Film News and Reviews
Steven Soderbergh, learning about expensive, professional girlfriends. Variety reports that Steven Soderbergh will direct The Girlfriend Experience, a tale of life from the POV of a $10,000 a night call girl. Brian Koppelman and David Levien will write the script, based on an idea they came up with while working with Soderbergh on Ocean’s 13. Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban’s 2929 Entertainment will provide financing and distribute through their HD Net banner, the same group that put out Soderbergh’s Bubble. The director has a deal with 2929 Entertainment for six low-budget ...

New Steven Soderbergh Project Promises Less Script, More Porn Star [Porn Again]
Published 4/29/2008 by STV at Defamer
... of Jenna Jameson's mainstream effort Zombie Strippers, we suppose we can call officially call porn crossover a movement. To wit: Word about Steven Soderbergh's forthcoming project The Girlfriend Experience has been circulating for a while now, but Variety confirms today with the added news bonus that the filmmaker could be looking for an "adult film actress" for his lead. Told from the perspective of a $10,000-a-night prostitute, the story is Soderbergh's latest in the minimally-scripted, low-budget series that began in 2005 with Bubble; the ...

Soderbergh’s ‘Girlfriend Experience’ Will Cost the Equivalent of One Night
Published 4/29/2008 by Josh Radde at Film School Rejects
Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh has set his sights on another low-budget film, much in the vain of 2005’s Bubble, that will be released in theaters, on DVD, and on cable the same day. The Traffic and Ocean’s director will be behind the camera for The Girlfriend Experience, a film that will highlight the riches that come from prostitution, according to Variety. Soderbergh, a filmmaker never afraid to take chances, will most likely cast either a no-name in the main role of a well-to-do prostitute (like he casted amateurs in Bubble) or could go the route of an ...

The Girlfriend Experience
Published 4/29/2008 by john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) at The Movie Blog
... Steven Soderbergh has a film about high cost hookers on deck! We get the news regarding The Girlfriend Experience thanks to the professionals at Variety: ...

Steven Soderbergh's Look at Life as a Pricey Call Girl Moving Forward
Published 4/29/2008 by Eugene Novikov at Cinematical
Filed under: Drama, Scripts, Distribution, Exhibition, NewsstandWhen we encounter prostitutes in the movies, they're almost invariably destitute, sick, absurdly dressed, and roaming the red light district in search of a client or a fix. That may well be accurate for a majority of women in the profession, but the rarely-glimpsed high-priced call girl is just as much of a curiosity. After he finishes The Informant with Matt Damon, Steven Soderbergh will direct The Girlfriend Experience -- a look at the life of a prostitute who commands a fee of $10,000 a night and earns over ...

Soderbergh's Hooker Film
Published 4/29/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
Soderbergh's Hooker Film Come the fall Steven Soderbergh will direct The Girlfriend Experience -- a 14-day quickie about "the world of prostitution from the vantage point of a $10,000-a-night call girl" (according to Variety ...

Shorts, 4/29.
Published 4/29/2008 at GreenCine Daily
... will direct The Girlfriend Experience, a feature that focuses on the world of prostitution from the vantage point of a $10,000-a-night call girl," reports Michael Fleming in Variety. ...

Screenwriting News & Links! 5/13/08
Published 5/13/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Mystery Man) at Mystery Man on Film
Hey guys, What’s with all you screenwriting bloggers out there? Crickets are chirping in scribosphere! Write something brilliant! Then, tell me about it. -MM -------------------------------------- New Screenplays: Iron Man - October 21, 2004 unspecified draft script by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar. Speed Racer - January 4, 2007 first draft script by Larry & Andy Wachowski Master and ...