Specialty film’s gravitational pull is anchored at the Telluride Film Festival this holiday weekend, while a moderate number of new limited releases begin their theatrical rollouts. IFC Films bio-d…
and Blue Fox Entertainment’s crime drama. The title is the highest-grossing animated feature all time in China and second-highest grossing film all time at $638M so far.Cast: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Indira Varma, Rhys IfansProducer Ged Doherty and potential financiers eyed an initial script for bio-drama, based on a true-story set against the backdrop of political intrigue ahead of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in the early 2000s.
“We didn’t like the initial script, but we liked the story,” said Doherty. “I actually thought I knew about the story but was ashamed I didn’t know Katherine Gun. I spoke to [director] Gavin Hood, and we decided to change the script, so we hired him as well the original writers of the book.”tells the story of Gun , a British intelligence specialist whose job involves routine handling of classified information.
After boarding the project, Hood traveled to London, spending time with Gun and others who were at the heart of the real-life drama. The initial potential financiers dropped out, but Doherty reached out to Mark Gordon, who had worked with Doherty and Hood on their 2015 film“We spent about 18 months to two years working on a new script,” said Doherty. “Gavin is a stickler for research. We honed it down and found the angle.
With a script in place, the filmmaking team reached out to Knightley for the role of Gun. Doherty said her political activism was one of a number of reasons why the British actor felt like a proper fit for the starring role. “Keira was our first choice,” he said. “She’s politically aware. We sent her the script, and she responded immediately. We built the cast around her.”Doherty added: “We have an incredible who’s-who of British cast. Everyone came on board.
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