Tag: Surrogate
John Hawkes Attached to Star in the Indie Drama Surrogate for Rhino Films
Oscar-nominated John Hawkes is attached to star in Ben Lewin’s indie drama The Surrogate for Rhino Films. Lewin is also on board to write the pic, with Stephen Nemeth producing.
The film is based on the true-life story of journalist and poet Mark O’Brien. Suffering from polio he was left paralyzed from the neck down. That did little to stop O’Brien’s aspirations and he going on to become a published journalist and poet. His story was documented in the 1996 Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien which won an Oscar for documentary short.
This film will center on a more peculiar chapter in O’Brien’s life: his engaging a sex surrogate to help him explore his sexuality. By the way, this practice was introduced by gynecologist Masters and psychologist Johnson. O’Brien, as well, published the essay On Seeing a Sex Surrogate that probably was the plot point for the screenplay.
Halle Berry To Star In THE SURROGATE
Halle Berry is in negotiations to star in the thriller “The Surrogate” for 20th Century Fox – don’t be confused with Bruce Willis‘ “The Surrogates.”
Roderick and Bruce Taylor, who previously wrote Jodie Foster thriller “The Brave One,” have adapted the script from Kathryn Mackel’s book.
Director Paul Verhoeven is onboard to develop the project, which follows a couple as they hire a surrogate to carry their child. But all is not as it seems with the apparently perfect surrogate. In the book, dark secrets in her past come back to haunt them all (in a supernatural sense). The surrogate – the baby carrier is insane…
