EXCLUSIVE: Katie Holmes (Woman In Gold), Toby Kebbell (War For The Planet Of The Apes) and Oscar winner Al Pacino (The Irishman) have joined thriller Captivated, which International Film Trust is launching for sales in Cannes.
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EXCLUSIVE: Babylon Berlin star Lars Eidinger is leading futuristic romance movie Behind the Knothole, with producers seeking financing at Cannes.
Eidinger, who has starred in festival favorites such as Palme d’Or nominees Clouds of Sils Maria and Personal Shopper, and this year’s Berlinale Silver Bear-winner Dying, will play Fin in David Schalko‘s project.
The protagonist is a troubled and unpublished author who begins a complicated love affair with his new neighbour’s wife, Mia. They spend their days in romantic and poetic bliss, while Fin spends his nights tormented by everything he can hear that goes on and is said in Mia’s apartment through a curious section of shared wall. Mia moves and ends the affair but sends acopy of herself to continue the relationship with Fin, who can’t help but want the original Mia back.
Superfilm and Fun Republic Pictures will represent the movie at Cannes and are seeking international sales agents as they continue to cast its remaining roles. Pre-production will begin in Canada later this year and filming is anticipated in 2025.
Eidinger has played Alfred Nyssen in 40 episodes of Sky’s Babylon Berlin. Other standout roles include in TV series Irma Vep and All the Light We Cannot See, while he has starred in a number of indie movies that have performed well at festivals such as Olivier Assayas duo Clouds of Sils Maria and Personal Shopper, both of which featured Kristen Stewart. He recently collaborated with Behind the Knothole director Schalko on German-Austrian mini-series Kafka.
“Lars carries every role there is to play within him,” said Schalko. “For the role of Fin, it’s the other way around. No one else but Lars could play him. He is a kind of Don Quixote; however, his giants are
EXCLUSIVE: Katie Holmes (Woman In Gold), Toby Kebbell (War For The Planet Of The Apes) and Oscar winner Al Pacino (The Irishman) have joined thriller Captivated, which International Film Trust is launching for sales in Cannes.
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