Published at 10:21 AM on May 1, 2008

By Nikki King

Steven Soderbergh wants you to watch his Girlfriend

Steven Soderbergh is set to start his next film, The Girlfriend Experience, based on the real-life stories of $10,000-per-night call girls. Coming soon, Soderbergh's two Che Guevara biopics will premiere at Cannes: The Argentine and Guerrilla.

Soderbergh, Brian Koppelman and David Levien came up with this concept while working on the set of Ocean’s 13. Koppelman and Levien will be working on the screenplay for this one as well.

Much like Soderbergh’s Bubble, where he cast Ohio natives in lead roles, reportedly he plans to cast a true-life call girl as the protagonist. The low-budget film will be mildly improvised based on a “detailed outline” to serve as a script, making it his second installment under the 2929 Entertainment brand. Soderbergh has a six-film agreement with 2929 for features that release simultaneously to theaters, cable television and DVD.

Related links:
Steven Soderbergh on IMDb
2929Entertainment.com
Festival-Cannes.fr

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