In the works: John Lennon, the movie; "The Strangers 2: Strangerer."

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By Alison Willmore on 08/29/2008

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There've already been two recent films about his assassin, so it seems to be time to take on the considerable challenge of the man himself -- Turner Prize-nominated artist Sam Taylor-Wood will make her directorial debut with John Lennon biopic "Nowhere Boy," written by "Control" screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh and apparently focusing on his early life. Here's hoping that, like "Control," the film ends up with an unknown playing its subject. [Hollywood Reporter]

Rogue Pictures is working on a sequel to "The Strangers," with Liv Tyler expected to return, and general hopes it could become a "Saw"-style horror franchise. [Variety]

indieWIRE's Eugene Hernandez paid a visit to some of the filmmakers shooting at the DNC, among them "Kurt Cobain About A Son"'s AJ Schnack, "A Lion In the House"'s Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, "We Are Together"'s Paul Taylor, "My Country, My Country"'s Laura Poitras, and "They Killed Sister Dorothy"'s Daniel Junge, working together on a documentary to be titled "Convention." [indieWIRE]

And Latino Review claims that Max Makowski, who wrote and directed the 2005 Sundance sad assassin film "One Last Dance," has been selected to direct that "Voltron" feature you never knew you wanted. [Latino Review]

Acquired: Sister company IFC Films has snagged Ole Christian Madsen's "Flame & Citron," a Danish drama about resistance members in World War II -- the film premieres at Telluride this weekend, and will be released next year. And Kino has acquired Amos Gitai's new film "One Day You'll Understand," which stars Jeanne Moreau as woman who won't tell her son about her parents, killed at Auschwitz. It premiered at Berlin, and is slated to open in New York on October 31. [Hollywood Reporter]

Self-distribution company Truly Indie's got its first feature -- "Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun" stars Ben McKenzie ("Junebug"... and who are we kidding? Ryan from "The O.C.") as a World War I soldier hit by an artillery shell. It hits theaters September 26th. [indieWIRE]

[Photo: John Lennon in "A Hard Day's Night," United Artists, 1964]