Connelly seems to have been taking it fairly easy of late, with this week’s Blood Diamond only her second film in the last three years. She still seems to be trying to pick her projects carefuly, though, with the only film she’s got in the pipeline sounding like a potential awards-winning corker.
Teaming up with Hotel Rwanda writer/director and two-time Oscar nominee Terry George for Reservation Road, it looks like this drama about the aftermath of a hit and run accident, and how it affects two families, could provide plenty of scope for the kind of acting that always gets the attention of the people who decide on award nominations. Joining Connelly to vie for acting acclaim will be fellow Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino, plus two-time Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix, and rising star Mark Ruffalo. It’s set for a US release in November – just in time to qualify for the 2008 Academy Awards…