Sofia Coppola Returns to Paris

American director Sofia Coppola is back in Paris, to film Marie-Antionette.

According to Le Parisien, the oscar winning director of Lost In Translation has rented a home in France for 11 weeks, at a cost of more than €300 000.

The script is loosely based on the book "Marie-Antoinette - The Journey", by Antonia Fraser, and will star Kirsten Dunst (Spider-Man).

The budget for the film, which is expected to be released in 2006, is more than $40 million.