Charlie Kaufman gained many fans as the writer of Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine, before turning director for Synecdoche New York. Now he’s returning to the director’s chair for a stop-motion animated movie, but one which seems just as steeped in his eccentric world.
The film recently won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival, and is billed as ‘a stop-motion comedy-drama starring David Thewlis, who plays an author and motivational speaker who falls in love with Jennifer Jason Leigh’s character Lisa — even though he can’t initially explain why.’
Anomalisa will be in US cinemas at the end of the year, with a March UK release set.
At the end of last week it was revealed that Charlie Kaufman’s second directorial outing, Frank Or Francis, had added Kate Winslet and Catherine Keener to its ranks. Now the cast has grown once more, with 
Any film that involves Charlie Kaufman is worth keeping an eye out for. The screenwriter of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation is planning his second directorial outing (after Synecdoche New York), and now actresses Kate Winslet and Catherine Keener have signed on to star in Frank or Francis, according to