Post by DizzyMissLizzie on Nov 8, 2014 16:10:38 GMT -5
FM: 'Homeland' Actor Rupert Friend to Direct 'Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill'
Emily Blunt is in negotiations to star alongside Friend in in the con-artist road movie
British actor Rupert Friend (Homeland, The Young Victoria), will make his feature debut as a director with Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill, which he wrote and will also star in.
Emily Blunt is in negotiations to co-star in the film, which is set to begin shooting in the Spring of 2015.
Friend will play Barton, a con-man who meets Charlie (Blunt), a woman who could change his life, and who he offers to teach the tricks of the grifter trade. The start off on a road trip, pursued by conned newspaper mogul, Bill and are joined by Checco, a 10-year-old Mexican boy.
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Bron Studios and Fortitude International will co-finance the film in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Friend will also produced Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill together with Aaron L. Gilbert of Bron Studios and Margot Hand. Fortitude’s Nadine de Barros and Robert Ogden Barnum and Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth are executive producers.
CAA packaged the movie and is handling domestic rights while Fortitude is doing international sales and introducing the project to buyers at AFM.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-homeland-actor-rupert-friend-747644
Emily Blunt is in negotiations to star alongside Friend in in the con-artist road movie
British actor Rupert Friend (Homeland, The Young Victoria), will make his feature debut as a director with Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill, which he wrote and will also star in.
Emily Blunt is in negotiations to co-star in the film, which is set to begin shooting in the Spring of 2015.
Friend will play Barton, a con-man who meets Charlie (Blunt), a woman who could change his life, and who he offers to teach the tricks of the grifter trade. The start off on a road trip, pursued by conned newspaper mogul, Bill and are joined by Checco, a 10-year-old Mexican boy.
Read More Emily Blunt in 'Edge of Tomorrow' and Seven More Actors Playing Against Type
Bron Studios and Fortitude International will co-finance the film in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Friend will also produced Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill together with Aaron L. Gilbert of Bron Studios and Margot Hand. Fortitude’s Nadine de Barros and Robert Ogden Barnum and Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth are executive producers.
CAA packaged the movie and is handling domestic rights while Fortitude is doing international sales and introducing the project to buyers at AFM.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-homeland-actor-rupert-friend-747644
