Emma Thompson is ready to star in Brian Kirk’s upcoming motion thriller “The Fisherwoman,” Selection can solely reveal.
Within the function, Thompson is ready to play a widowed fisherman who, whereas trapped in a Minnesotan blizzard, interrupts the kidnapping of a youngster and shortly finds she is the younger sufferer’s solely hope.
Kirk will direct from a screenplay by Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb, who’ve simply been tapped to put in writing the “Sizzling Wheels” film for Warner Bros and Unhealthy Robotic. The duo are additionally at present engaged on “The Fall” for Amblin and Blackmaled Productions
Greg Silverman of Stampede Ventures, who’re co-financing the movie alongside Augenschein Filmproduktion, Movie und Medienstiftung NRW and German broadcaster ZDF, introduced the challenge on Wednesday.
Mossbank is dealing with worldwide gross sales and co-repping home rights with CAA Media Finance and Augenschein. Augenschein may also solely signify German-speaking European territories whereas Leonine is co-producing and distributing for German-speaking Europe. Mossbank, which is a partnership between Raven and Sculptor Media headed by Michael Rothstein and Sam Corridor, will introduce the challenge to patrons in Berlin later this month on the EFM.
Thompson, who may also exec produce the challenge, just lately acquired rave critiques for “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.” The 2-time Oscar winner has additionally appeared in “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” and is quickly to be seen alongside Lily James in upcoming romcom “What’s Love Bought to Do With It.”
Kirk is the co-creator and director of Idris Elba sequence “Luther” and has directed for sequence together with “Recreation of Thrones,” “Boardwalk Empire” and “Penny Dreadful,” amongst others. “The Fisherwoman” will probably be his first function since “21 Bridges,” one of many final movies Chadwick Boseman made earlier than he died in 2020.
Silverman will produce alongside Jon Berg on behalf of Stampede whereas the corporate’s Gideon Yu and Chris Bosco will exec produce. Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo are producing for Augenschein. Jonathan Saubach is exec producing alongside Thompson, Rothstein and Corridor.
“Dame Emma Thompson is a phenomenally proficient artist and the right incarnation of our movie’s titular character,” mentioned Jon Berg, president of manufacturing at Stampede Ventures. “We couldn’t be extra honored and excited to see her embody a personality that shares her distinctive energy, grit and intelligence.”
Maximilian Leo, producer and CEO of Augenschein, added: “With Stampede Ventures co-financing and Mossbank’s partnership, we’re capable of ship an unbelievable drama directed by the visionary Brian Kirk. Our mission to make daring, creative, and fascinating imaginative and prescient aligns completely with our companions and we’re excited to see The Fisherwoman turn into a actuality with Emma Thompson.”
Thompson is repped by CAA and Hamilton Hodell. Kirk is repped by Unbiased Expertise Group and Grandview. Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb are repped by CAA, Grandview and Jackoway Tyerman.