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September 8, 2006  Seattle, B.C.  Posted by on September 8 at
11:03 AM  From the Seattle Times:  Charlize Theron will play a
pregnant bystander who loses her baby in Seattle’s WTO riots.
Susan Sarandon may take the part of a newscaster sympathetic to
the protesters… “It’s going to be the next ‘Sleepless in
Seattle,’ “ said James Keblas, head of Seattle City Hall’s film
office. “Once you capture a star like Charlize Theron, you are
instantly a big picture.”  Except it isn’t going to be filmed in
Seattle.  Keblas said he is working hard to get more of the
shooting done in Seattle. But industry economics, including
cheaper labor and other financial incentives, are driving the
production across the border.  We can’t even get a movie about
the WTO shot in Seattle. That’s just… sad. As hot tipper Gavin
puts it:  So basically the city government that botched WTO, is
letting everyone but Seattle p