Cohans prep Pineiro adaptation 'Betibu'

RIO P JANEIRO -- Miguel Cohan, director of "No Return," is concentrating on a completely new project, "Betibu," an adaptation of Argentine Claudia Pineiro's latest novel. "Betibu" is defined at Argentina's Haddock Films, the co-producer of 2010 Oscar champion "The Important Thing to themInch and Viggo Mortensen-starrer "Everybody Features A Plan." Cohan is concentrating on the script with sister Ana Cohan, co-scribe of "No Return," and Pineiro. A thriller, "Betibu" triggers an ageing, jaundiced crime journalist, a famous lady author together with a thrusting youthful journalist who investigate a suspected murder in the gated community outdoors Buenos Aires. "The story can be a crime suspenser occur the backrooms of journalism," Haddock topper Vanessa Ragone told Variety within the Rio Festival market. Miguel Cohan could make "Betibu" his sophomore outing, Ragone mentioned. Project is co-produced by Gerardo Herrero and Mariela Besuievsky's Madrid-based Tornasol Films, which co-has Haddock. It's skedded to shoot partner 2012 in Buenos Aires and, most probably, Spain's Ciudad p la Luz art galleries. Argentine broadcaster Telefe will connect produce. Money is "large by Argentine standards, mid-budget through the the spanish language language standards," Ragone mentioned. Haddock optioned Pineiro's second novel, which increased being Marcelo Pineyro's 2009 Argentine B.O. hit "Thursday's Widows." "No Return," Cohan's debut, shared the Golden Spike at Spain's Valladolid fest, creating Cohan just like a director to follow and specialist in drama thrillers. "Betibu" explores the same register. The Rio Festival runs March. 6-18. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com