Keri Russell will open the 9th annual Method Fest in “Waitress” on Thursday, March 29. Her appearance begins a star-studded week that features appearances from John Travolta, Laura Dern and Salma Hayek in Lonely Hearts; Christopher Plummer in “Man in the Chair;” and Laura
Linney in “Jindabyne.”
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The US Comedy Arts Festival will open this year with a special presentation of the film Waitress on Wed 28th Feb at 6pm at the Wheeler Opera House.
 The Festival is held in Aspen, Colorado from the 28th of February till 4th March 2007.
The nonprofit Adrienne Shelly Foundation has been established by Adrienne’s husband, Andy Ostroy, who will serve as its executive director. It will focus on women filmmakers, helping to finance student and independent films and produce screenplay readings.
Donations can be made through the site’s official website at www.adrienneshellyfoundation.org
PARK CITY — Fox Searchlight continued its Sundance acquisition binge Monday by purchasing worldwide rights to the Adrienne Shelly film “Waitress” for just under $4 million.
Fox Searchlight has confirmed the deal, which closed soon after the film screened at Sundance for its second time Monday at the Library Theatre at 11:30am. It’s the third and final feature from the slain writer/director, who was murdered in her New York apartment in early November
The film stars Keri Russell in the title role of a poor Southern woman trapped in a bad marriage who finds true love when a new gynecologist comes to town. Adrienne Shelly, Jeremy Sisto, Cheryl Hines, Nathan Fillion and Andy Griffith also star.
“Waitress” was produced by Michael Roiff and executive produced by Todd King, Jeff Rose, Danielle Renfrew and Robert Bauer. It is scheduled to be released in 2007.
The deal was brokered on Fox Searchlight’s side by senior vp acquisitions Tony Safford and executive vp business affairs Stephen Plum with the Film Sales Co. president Andrew Herwitz and Irwin Rappaport on behalf of the filmmakers.