JAMIE
DORNAN LANDS LEAD ROLE IN
“THE
9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX”
Antcolony
Films, Brightlight Pictures and Miramax Set
Alexandre
Aja to Direct
Sierra/Affinity
to Serve as International Sales Agent
LONDON
and VANCOUVER, August 27, 2014 – Global film and television studio Miramax
today announced the production of the psychological thriller The 9th
Life of Louis Drax and has cast Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey, The Fall) to star in the film
with Alexandre Aja (Horns, The Hills Have Eyes, High Tension) to direct.
Marking
his screenwriting debut, Max Minghella has written the feature screenplay based
on Liz Jensen’s best-selling novel of the same title. The 9th Life of
Louis Drax will
be produced by Minghella and Tim Bricknell (The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective
Agency, Breaking
and Entering)
of Antcolony Films, Shawn Williamson (The Interview, 50/50) of Brightlight
Pictures and Aja. The film will be
executive produced by Rosanne Korenberg (Half Nelson, Hard Candy).
Principal
photography will commence this October in Vancouver, Canada. Zanne Devine,
Miramax’s Executive Vice President, Production and Development, will oversee
the project on behalf of the studio. Sierra/Affinity will serve as the
international sales agent.
“Tim
and I are thrilled this deeply personal project is being brought to
fruition with passion and integrity,” said Minghella. “We look forward to
collaborating with Alex and Miramax to create a truly original movie
that will captivate and surprise audiences.”
Aja
added, “Max’s script takes us on a very emotional journey through the deep
recesses of the mind and on a suspenseful Hitchcockian
ride. I was drawn to the poignant family drama and the supernatural
elements, and am excited to bring this rich and complex story to life.”
Thomas
J. Barrack, Jr., Chairman of Miramax, said, “This spectacular psychological
thriller will be a classic Miramax production. There is no better storyteller
in the industry than Max Minghella and no more talented director than Alexandre
Aja. Together, they will weave a unique and masterfully crafted script with the
bold and powerful talent of Jamie Dornan and his accompanying cast!”
The
story begins on Louis Drax’s 9th birthday, when he suffers a near-fatal fall.
In order to reveal the strange circumstances surrounding the young boy’s
accident - Dr. Allan Pascal (Jamie Dornan) is drawn into a thrilling mystery,
testing the boundaries of fantasy and reality.
After
vigorous bidding, the novel was first optioned in 2004 with plans for the film
to be adapted and directed by the late Anthony Minghella (The English
Patient, The
Talented Mr. Ripley).
The
9th Life of Louis Drax is a Canada/UK co-production.
About
Miramax
Miramax
is a leading worldwide film and television studio with a library of more than
700 motion pictures containing some of the most original and acclaimed
independent films, such as Pulp Fiction, Chicago, Good Will Hunting, The English Patient, Life is Beautiful,
and City Of God – as well as scores of commercial hits such as Bridget Jones’s Diary and
the Scream, Scary Movie and Spy Kids franchises.
Collectively, the Miramax library has received 282 Academy Award® nominations and 68 Oscars®, including four Best Picture awards. Miramax’s world-class global distribution team has
successfully brought this acclaimed collection of titles to existing and
emerging platforms in nearly every country in the world.
Miramax’s
new development projects include both TV and film. Currently the studio is
working with industry luminaries to create new derivative television series
based on their respective award-winning stories and characters. These titles
include Gangs of New York with Martin Scorsese and Robert
Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series,
which was recently renewed for a second season. Miramax, together with Sony’s
Screen Gems, will release Jeremy Garelick’s film The Wedding Ringer (starring Kevin
Hart, Josh Gad and Kaley Cuoco) on January 16, 2015.
Miramax
was purchased in 2010 by Qatar Holding, together with the investor group led by
Miramax Chairman Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.’s Colony Capital, and is headquartered in
Santa Monica, California with an office in London.
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About
Antcolony Films
Antcolony
Films was incorporated in the U.K. in 2008 by Max Minghella and Timothy
Bricknell. Born from the legacy of Mirage, the production company run by Sydney
Pollack and Anthony Minghella, Tim and Max have gone on to produce a variety of
work including HBO’s The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Channel 4’s The
Fear, BAFTA
winner Eric & Ernie and, most recently, Hossein Amini’s directorial
debut The Two Faces of January.
About
Sierra/Affinity
Sierra/Affinity is a leading independent film finance, production and
foreign sales company, consistently delivering high-quality, commercially
viable feature films for a global audience. Led by Nick Meyer and Marc
Schaberg, Sierra/Affinity capitalizes on the ever-evolving global film
marketplace, representing sales of third-party films as well as its own
productions designed to appeal to both the North American and global
marketplaces. In addition to representing sales of third party films, the
company acts as the exclusive sales agent for films developed and produced by
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, OddLot Entertainment, Bold Films and Sierra
Pictures and its partner, Incentive Filmed Entertainment. In October 2012,
Sierra/Affinity leveraged its international film and distribution capabilities
to enter into a partnership with leading global TV program distributor Engine
Entertainment to jointly launch Sierra/Engine Television designed to globally
distribute television productions.
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