Wow, well, he had asked and hoped to be sentenced in absentia, and even his victim, Samantha Geimer and her lawyers had joined Roman Polanski’s lawyers, in their bid to have the director sentenced in absentia and reduced to time served, but no go.
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in his three-decade-old, unlawful sex case.
But, the Superior Court judge’s ruling today is likely to be appealed. More as this develops, but likely not more today wethinks.
In the meantime, as his legal woes continue, the director already has another project on the go. According to an Interview with Polanski’s wife, Emmanuelle Seigner, in French Elle magazine, while under house arrest in his chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland, the director had started work on an adaptation of a play called , “God of Carnage.” According to the L.A. Times:
“God of Carnage” won the award for best play at last year’s Tony Awards. Written by French playwright Yasmina Reza, the dark comedy tells the story of two sets of parents brought together by an altercation between their respective children.
Seigner recently worked with Reza on the playwright’s film directorial debut, “Chicas,” which is an adaptation of her play “Une Piece Espagnole” (“A Spanish Play”).
Sounds pretty interesting, no other details, but its early days, Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” comes out first in February.
