Demi Moore stars with Posey, Harrelson in films

Actress Demi Moore arrives before the closing ceremony of the San Sebastian Film Festival September 29 2007. Moore is getting her indie vibe on, booking back-to-back starring roles in a family drama and a martial arts movie.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Demi Moore is getting her indie vibe on, booking back-to-back starring roles in a family drama and a martial arts movie.

Moore, along with indie queen Parker Posey, will headline "Happy Tears" from filmmaker Mitchell Lichtenstein ("Teeth"). She will then hook up again with her "Indecent Proposal" co-star Woody Harrelson to play a concubine in "Bunraku."

"Tears," which Lichtenstein wrote and is directing, follows a woman (Posey), prone to self-aggrandizement, who returns to her Wisconsin home and must deal with her bitter sister and her father, who suffers from a rare form of dementia. Moore plays the sister, fed up with dealing with the hateful father.

Shooting begins this month in Philadelphia.

"Bunraku," written and directed by Guy Moshe, follows a man (Josh Hartnett) on a revenge quest who finds himself in an even bigger fight than he bargained for.

The film is set in an original universe a la "Sin City" and draws from a mixed bag of genres, including puppets, origami, comic books, video games and German expressionism.

Moore plays the enslaved concubine of a warlord who is forced to marry her captor. Harrelson, in a familiar role, plays a bartender. Shooting is scheduled to take place in Europe.

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