text: Annapurna said it plans “to pursue an innovative television and theatrical integrated approach” for the project.
  The Coen brothers wrote the script and will direct. They will produce the project through their Mike Zoss Productions label. Annapurna CEO Megan Ellison and President of Television Sue Naegle will serve as executive producers.
  “We are very excited to be working with Megan and Sue on this project,” Joel and Ethan Coen said in the statement.
  The Coen brothers’ most recent project was the George Clooney-Josh Brolin comedy “Hail, Caesar!” which made $64 million worldwide. They are represented by UTA.
  Ellison’s Annapurna has been gearing up over the last year, hiring experienced executives as it builds out its TV and film team — and maybe even lays the groundwork to become a full-fledged distributor. Last March, Annapurna hired The Weinstein Company distribution chief Erik Lomis for the same role, and in September, Annapurna named former HBO Entertainment President Naegle to head its TV division.
  The production company added yet another big name in November, bringing on former Twentieth Century Fox President of Domestic Theatrical Marketing Marc Weinstock as president of Annapurna Pictures. Annapurna also launched an interactive video game division in December.
  
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  ENSENADA, Mexico – Colorful pre-race festivities begin Tuesday for the 43rd Anniversary celebration of the legendary Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 race, but when the green flag drops on Thursday morning in Ensenada, Baja California, the racing will be as intense as it gets with 2010 SCORE Desert Series season point championships on the line.
  The granddaddy of all desert races, which is the season-finale of the five-race 2010 SCORE Desert Series will be held on Mexico’s magnificently mysterious Baja California peninsula Tuesday through Saturday.
  With over 300 expected entries for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs competing in 33 Pro and 7 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs in the internationally televised race, entries have come from 37 U.S. states and 19 countries. Among the entries are 27 Pro class winners from last year’s race. Late entries will be accepted up until race morning.
  It will finish on the outskirts of La Paz near the Grand Plaza Hotel, race headquarters for the southern half of the event.
  Vehicles will start in 30-second intervals in the elapsed-time race and all vehicles will have a 45-hour time limit to become official finishers. The fastest vehicles are expected to complete the course between 18 and 19 hours.
  The talented field of desert-racing veterans includes 109 racers who have combined for 323 class wins in this race. In that group are 13 racers who have combined for a total of 39 overall 4-wheel vehicle wins and six more riders who have combined for a total of 27 overall motorcycle victories. Included in the past overall winner’s group are the last six 4-Wheel winners and the last 13 motorcycle winners.
  Pre-race festivities Wednesday for the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, including the vastly popular tech and contingency of all vehicles and the SCORE Manufacturer’s Midway will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Boulevard Costero in front of the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center.
  The pre-race mandatory driver/rider briefing will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Cathedral Room at the Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center. Racer registration starts today at the San Nicolas Resort Hotel and will go through Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Media registration will be held at the San Nicolas Resort Hotel from Noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Wednesday.
  The post-race awards celebration and fiesta will be held on the Malecon in downtown La Paz, starting at 4 p.m. Saturday. The entire event will be conducted on Pacific Standard Time.
  One of the special entries this year is three-time SCORE Baja 1000 overall champion Ivan Stewart who will drive the final section to the finish line in a Toyota 4Runner in the Stock Mini class. Stewart has a total of 22 career class wins in the three SCORE Baja races.
  Among the other entries venerable Hall, Reno, Nev., the only individual who has raced in all 42 previous Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 races.
  The legendary Hall has a race-record 21 career class wins in this event and is the only driver to have competed every year (all in a car or truck class). Hall, who will turn 73 on Nov. 22, will be looking for two more class wins this year as he is entered as the second driver for his sons Josh and Chad Hall in SCORE Trophy-Truck in the new No. 61 Rod Hall Racing Chevy Silverado and in Stock Full as a driver for Sam Edgar in the No. 861 Hummer H3Alpha. As a family, the Halls have 33 class wins in this race as Chad has eight and Josh has won his class four times.
  After four events, Andy McMillin and his father Scott McMillin (No. 31 SCORE Trophy-Truck) have just a six point lead over Jesse Jones (No. 76 SCORE Trophy-Truck) in both SCORE Trophy-Truck and the 2010 SCORE Overall point standings. Third and fourth overall and in SCORE Trophy-Truck are Nick Vanderwey (No. 84) and Robbie Pierce (No. 30) while fifth is Class 1 point leaders Kory Halopoff and Harley Letner.
  In Class 1-2/1600, Hiram Duran and his brothers Eric and Evan, lead Luke McMillin by just one point. In Class 22, the team of Colton Udall/Timmy Weigand lead the No. 1x of Kendall Norman/Quinn Cody by seven points.
  The overall motorcycle point leaders however are the Class 30 leaders, led by rider of record Francisco Septien, who have just a two-point margin over Class 40 leaders, led by rider of record Louie Franco and four points over Udall/Weigand.
  The car and truck classes with the most entries to date are SCORE Trophy-Truck (35), Class 1 (21) and Class 1-2/1600 (15) and SCORE Lite (14).
  Leading the seven Sportsman classes in the race is Sportsman Motorcycle over 250cc which has 41 entries so far.
  Veteran desert racer Roger Norman received the first starting position during the computerized drawing for the race in October. While the 2008 SCORE Baja 1000 overall winner (with Larry Roeseler) will pilot his No. 8 Norman Motorsports Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck, starting first among the motorcycle and ATV classes will be Gabriel Williams, of Provo, Utah, on a Honda CRF450X motorcycle. Both of these racers will be competing solo with no assistance from another driver or rider.
  Drawing the first start among the ATV classes was the Class 25 team led by Felipe Velez, San Felipe, Mexico, who will ride a Honda TRX700XX.