Bale, Blanchett to star in 2 Terrence Malick photos

BaleBlanchettGoslingLONDON -- Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett are generally set to star in 2 approaching Terrence Malick films, each of which is going to be released to purchasers through Glen Basner's FilmNation in the American Film Market now. ''Lawless,'' will topline Ryan Gosling, Bale, Blanchett, Rooney Mara (''The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo'') and Haley Bennett (''Marley and Me''). Malick's second pic, ''Knight of Cups,'' will star Bale, Blanchett and Isabel Lucas (''Immortals,'' ''Transformers: Revenge from the Fallen''). Both photos are presently in pre-production and can shoot back-to-in 2012. Particulars of these two plots are now being stored under systems but both game titles is going to be separate stories. Sarah Eco-friendly and Nicolas Gonda will produce both photos. Both Gonda and Eco-friendly created a slew of Malick's recent game titles including ''The Tree of Existence,'' ''The New World'' and also the approaching as-yet-untitled love story project from Malick toplining Film Clip, Rachel Adams, Javier Bardem and Rachel Weisz, that FilmNation can also be handling worldwide sales. Pic is presently in publish and it has already offered to numerous areas including Studiocanal in Blighty and Germany, Roadshow Films in New zealand and australia, VVS Films in Canada, Vertigo Films in The country and Metropolitan Film in Gaul. The announcement marks a ongoing relationship between FilmNation and Malick. Basner pointed out that ''FilmNation could not be more happy to carry on to do something as Terrence's worldwide sales agency.''Malick's latest duo of photos is going to be repped locally by CAA. FilmNation can also be handling worldwide sales on Sean Penn's ''The Comedian,'' toplining Robert P Niro and Kristen Wiig and Shaun Nichols' ''Mud'' starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon. Furthermore, it's shopping Christian Bale starrer ''The Flowers of War,'' a $90 million Chinese epic helmed by Zhang Yimou. Footage was revealed to purchasers in Toronto in September. In Cannes captured, FilmNation introduced it was fully financing its first pic, an untitled thriller from Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli. Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com