EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Kenneth Branagh appears to be like to have discovered his subsequent director outing in addition to touchdown an high tier star to guide the movie as sources inform Deadline Emmy and BAFTA winner Jodie Comer is ready to star in Branagh’s new movie The Final Disturbance of Madeline Hynde, which he wrote and can direct. The movie is being described as a up to date psychological thriller however logline is being stored underneath wraps. The independently financed movie will start manufacturing in August within the UK.
Branagh will re-team together with his Belfast producers Tamar Thomas, Laura Berwick, and Becca Kovacik, together with Matthew Jenkins, and Most Effort’s Ashley Fox and Johnny Pariseau. When phrase acquired out in latest weeks Branagh had his new undertaking able to go, the city was a buzz particularly since his final authentic script, Belfast, gained him an Oscar. Given how busy Comer is, her fast attachment is an effective signal Branagh has one other thrilling authentic story in retailer for audiences.
Talking of that busy schedule, Comer most not too long ago starred in The Finish We Begin From, a thriller from Benedict Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch, Hera Photos, Anton and BBC Movie. The movie was launched in choose theaters in New York and Los Angeles on December 8, 2023 and expanded in U.S. theaters on January 19, 2024.
Subsequent, Comer will star in Jeff Nichols’ upcoming drama, The Bikeriders, alongside Tom Hardy and Austin Butler. The movie is ready to be launched by Focus Options in on June 21, 2024. Comer will quickly start manufacturing for director Danny Boyle’s latest installment within the 28 Years Later trilogy, alongside Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, and Jack O’Connell.
Branagh most not too long ago co-starred in Christopher Nolan’s Greatest Image profitable Oppenheimer. He not too long ago wrapped manufacturing starring in Mayday reverse Ryan Reynolds for Apple Authentic Movies and Skydance, and later this 12 months will return to the stage to play King Lear opening on the Shed in New York in October, co-directing with Rob Ashford & Lucy Skilbeck. He final directed and starred in A Haunting in Venice, the ultimate installment in his Agatha Christie trilogy for Disney. In 2021, Branagh gained the Academy Award for Greatest Authentic Screenplay for Belfast, which additionally obtained a further six nominations together with Greatest Image and Greatest Director.
Branagh is repped by WME, Berwick & Kovacik, Gochman Legislation Group and Comer is repped by Unbiased Expertise Group, WME and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.