Filmmaker Peter Wellington is setting up his next project with Toronto producers Simone Urdl and Jennifer Weiss of Film Farm, whose Chloe premiered at TIFF Saturday night.

The high-concept dramedy tells the story of a young lawyer whose life flashes before his eyes as he plummets to his death, hence the title: Journey To The Surface Of The Earth.

Wellington worked with the Film Farm duo on his 2002 title Luck, starring Sarah Polley. The new film, which goes to camera in January or February, will be distributed in Canada by E1 Films Canada. Charlotte Mickie of E1 International will be handling world sales. Its budget is estimated in the $6 million range.

Meanwhile, Film Farm is targeting a 2010 date to renew its acquaintance with Brian DePalma, with whom they produced Redacted. Weiss tells Playback Daily that the new project, entitled Tabloid, will employ the same film grammar DePalma used in Redacted, as he probes the messy political life and even messier personal life of a Washington insider. The budget is estimated in between $7 million and $8 million.

Including Chloe, Film Farm has four projects at TIFF: CBC radio host and actress Sook-Yin Lee’s The Year of the Carnivore, a short film by Peter Wellington entitled Pointless Film, and Don McKellar’s Future Projections installation Imaginary Lovers.

Weiss says the company will produce the directorial debut of Susan Shipton, Atom Egoyan’s long-time editor, entitled Wild Dogs, and is exploring another Lee script called Ferrate Is Dead. Weiss says the company is looking for a coproducer from a Spanish-language nation.