Woody Allen’s WHATEVER WORKS to Open Tribeca 2009

Woody Allen's latest, Whatever Works, will open the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival on April 22. Whatever Works is Allen's first film shot in New York City since 2004: Match Point, Cassandra's Dream, and Scoop were filmed in Britain, while Vicky Cristina Barcelona was filmed in Spain.

Thus far, the Whatever Works plot remains murky — something to do with an upper-class New Yorker who decides to go for a more bohemian lifestyle — but whatever it's about, here's hoping that Whatever Works will be funnier than Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Starring Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Henry Cavill, Ed Begley Jr. and Patricia Clarkson, Whatever Works will open in the US in late summer 2009.

Allen's next project, as yet untitled, is set to be filmed in London. In the cast: Naomi Watts, Anthony Hopkins, and Josh Brolin. He may be filming in Ireland next — or perhaps Argentina, if someone invites him to check out cosmopolitan Buenos Aires.

"If someone offered to put up the money for me to shoot in Ireland," he told the Irish Times, "I’m sure I could think of a story.

"I’ve been asked a few times if I could do a movie in Argentina, but I’ve never been there, so I’ve no idea where I could begin to think about making a movie there. Whereas I’ve been to Ireland a few times and I think it’s a very viable location. And there have been some wonderful films shot in Ireland.

"I couldn’t have been able to afford to make a film like Vicky Cristina Barcelona in New York City. I work on a very limited budget, but I can’t afford to work here too easily, so I have to go places where I can afford to film. I could raise more money here, but that would bring in people who would ask questions and it’s best to keep them out of it. I’d rather work for less money."

The 2009 Tribeca Film Festivals runs through May 3.

Fusion 2009: Los Angeles Gay People of Color Film Festival

CineKink NYC 2009

Berlin 2009: Isabelle Adjani in SKIRT DAY

Cinefest 2009

Berlin 2009: Michelle Pfeiffer, CHERI