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Jeremy Renner and Josh Brolin Join Survival Thriller A Speck in the Sea
Jeremy Renner and Josh Brolin are set to star in A Speck in the Sea, a survival thriller directed by Orlando von Einsiedel, with 193 handling international sales at the AFM market.
Jeremy Renner and Josh Brolin are headlining A Speck in the Sea, a survival thriller directed by Oscar winner Orlando von Einsiedel, whose short documentary White Helmets won the Academy Award. The project, first reported by Deadline as an exclusive, is being positioned as a major title for the upcoming American Film Market.
The film is repped for international sales by 193, the Legendary-owned company, which is launching the title at AFM. Renner is a two-time Oscar nominee and Brolin is also an Oscar nominee, giving the cast considerable awards-season pedigree for a genre film built around a single harrowing ordeal at sea.
The screenplay was written by Jeff Pope, the Oscar-nominated writer behind Philomena. The story is based on a true event: a lobster fisherman who fell from his boat at night in 2013 in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Fan discussion of the casting spread quickly online after the announcement, with the news shared widely among movie enthusiasts.
The combination of a respected documentary director, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and two established leading men signals an effort to bring prestige to a survival drama grounded in real events. Sales activity at AFM will show how buyers respond to the package ahead of any wider release.
Source: deadline.com
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