Jeremy Allen White is keeping the heat on. Fresh off his Golden Globe win for The Bear, White is teaming up with Homeland actor Mandy Patinkin, and Isabella Rossellini (Conclave) for director Jeremiah Zagar’s new feature film, The Painted Bride.
Zagar is best known for his work on work onWe the Animals and Adam Sandler’s Hustle, so it’s safe to say this movie isn’t going to follow a conventional path.
White takes on the role of Elisha in the film, “a man who during the day swims, cooks and cares for his family, and at night, obsesses over a new project dedicated to his young son and his dying father. When a crisis draws him back home to Baltimore, his world begins to collapse, expand, regress and explode all around him.”
Zagar plans to tell the story through a mix of live action and stop-motion animation. Zagar calls it “a story about masculinity and what we pass on to our children. It is about blood, art, duty, family and love. Above all, it is about love.”
That emotional undercurrent tracks with Zagar’s previous work, and the film seems like it will tap into the same raw, poetic energy.
According to New Europe CEO Jan Naszewski, this one was an easy yes: “I’ve been following Jeremiah’s career for years, he’s an immensely talented director and his movies are rich and full of real emotions. We are very happy to join him and his team on this journey, alongside great partners and cast.”
With the mix of grounded family drama and experimental visuals, it sounds like this film will be something special.
Source: Deadline
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