FOX SEARCHLIGHT GETS WATER

Fox Searchlight has picked up the rights to Deepa Mehta's controversial, riot-inducing flick, WATER, which will kick of this year's Toronto Film Festival. I'm not a big Deepa Mehta fan, but any movie that takes five years to make, has to hide under a phony title to avoid violence, and gets this many people this upset has to be deserving of at least a look.

Expect Fox to play up the controversy angle when they get around to releasing this one.

Go here for a pretty gripping article by a camera assistant on WATER about the violence surrounding the film. And hey! Look over there: it's a mob going to burn down the set.