Freeman & Berry Go Cuckoo

Talking of Halle Berry, she's reported to be teaming up with Morgan Freeman for comedy drama The Patient. Indie filmmaker Jean-Claude La Marre penned the script and will direct the film. "It's like One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest meets K-Pax," he told MTV. "Freeman plays a mental patient at a Harlem hospital psychiatric ward who believes himself to be Santa Claus. And Halle Berry plays the psychiatrist who's evaluating him."

Apparently Freeman's character escapes the hospital and turns up at a toy store where, naturally, Berry begins to wonder whether he's telling the truth. Well, we knew she was nuts after seeing Gothika. Production is scheduled this summer with a view to release in summer 2007.