Anderson joins Nettelbeck's 'Helen'
Director makes English-language debut

By Ed Meza
Variety International
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963045.html?categoryid=19&cs=1

BERLIN � Gillian Anderson is set to star iin "Helen," the first
English-language film from German writer-director Sandra Nettelbeck.

Anderson, fresh from her starring roles in "The Last King of Scotland" and the
upcoming U.K. thriller "Straightheads," portrays a talented professor forced to
come to terms with her clinical depression.

Produced by Berlin-based Egoli Tossell in collaboration with Doug Mankoff's
Echo Lake Prods., pic will start shooting in the U.S. in September with support
from German regional subsidy Filmstiftung NRW.

"It's the story of a successful woman who has it all but whose life falls apart
as a result of this disease," said Egoli Tossell's Jens Meurer. "It's also
about her overcoming the illness against all the odds."

The gut-wrenching drama is a change of pace for Nettelbeck, who wrote and
directed the 2001 hit romantic comedy "Mostly Martha," which served as the
basis for Scott Hicks' upcoming remake "No Reservations" starring Catherine
Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart, as well as the 2004 comedy "Sergeant Pepper,"
about a dog who inherits a fortune and befriends a lonely boy.


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