Tag: John Madden
The Debt Movie Poster
Focus Features has released the brand new poster for their upcoming espionage thriller The Debt starring Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain and Tom Wilkinson.
Focus & UPI Will Distribute Miramax’s The Debt
The espionage thriller The Debt will be distributed for Miramax by Focus Features and Universal Pictures International (UPI). Focus will release The Debt in the U.S. nationwide on Wednesday, August 31st, and UPI will release the film internationally.
Directed by Academy Award nominee John Madden (Shakespeare in Love), The Debt stars Academy Award winner Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington (Avatar, Clash of the Titans), Jessica Chastain (soon to be seen in The Tree of Life), Marton Csokas (Universal’s upcoming Dream House), Jesper Christensen (Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace), Ciarán Hinds (Focus’ Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day), and two-time Academy Award nominee Tom Wilkinson. The screenplay, by Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan, is adapted from the 2007 Israeli film Ha-Hov. The producers of The Debt are Mr. Vaughn and Kris Thykier through Marv Films, Eitan Evan, and Eduardo Rossof; Tarquin Pack is the film’s executive producer.
Helen Mirren to star in John Madden’s “Debt”
Miramax has tapped Helen Mirren to play a Mossad agent in “The Debt” which will be directed by John Madden.
Miramax acquired worldwide rights to “The Debt,” an English-language remake of Israeli thriller “Ha-hov” directed by Assaf Bernstein, about three Israeli Mossad agents tracking down a Nazi war criminal over 30 years, in April.
Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman (“Stardust” co-writer) and Peter Straughan will pen the script.
“Helen Mirren is the perfect choice for the central role – a national celebrity and retired Mossad agent, a formidable and dignified woman grappling with years of emotional disappointment, suddenly confronted by a powerful and unexpected choice,”
said Madden.
Filming is set to start next year in the U.K., Germany and Israel.
