Polanski's THE GHOST in February
One thinks that he won't be attending the Berlin Film Festival next year when his next movie is expected to premiere.
The Swiss courts are still processing the $4.5 million bail deal of U.S. fugitive Roman Polanski and he will stay in prison until at least Friday, says The Hollywood Reporter. Sensationally, it was also announced today that his adaptation of Robert Harris' fictional British PM thriller novel The Ghost, the movie he has been conducting post-production on during his time in the slammer, has secured a release date. The Pierce Brosnan/Ewan McGregor starrer will be rolled out on Feb. 18th 2010, aka - as soon as it is humanly possible for German distributor Kinowelt to get the recently completed movie out to the world for a high-profile premiere. The mid-Feb release means Polanski's film will probably bow at the Berlin Film Festival between February 11th and 21st, screened as a "special gala" event.