Polański picks France over Poland to shoot new movie

Roman Polański is planning to shoot his next movie in France and not Poland, as previously announced, his producer has confirmed. But the change isn’t connected to the Polish government's recent decision to revive efforts to extradite the filmmaker to the US, the producer told the Los Angeles Times. Polanski has decided to shoot a historical movie about the Dreyfus affair in France because of a new 30 percent tax credit, producer Robert Benmussa told the newspaper via email. The decision to film in France was made months ago, he said, and isn't related to the extradition efforts. On Tuesday, Poland’s Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said the government would appeal a Polish court's decision from October that rejected an extradition request by the US. Ziobro said he believes that Polanski received preferential treatment during the trial last year.