This is fantastic news. PSH is genius. Child 44 is genius in the making! Philip Seymour Hoffman was Tom’s director in the play The Long Red Road. I hope this means PSH may direct the film of the play, too, which is now in development with Tom and Michael Shannon attached to star. In the meantime, cheers for this great, great actor joining the already stellar cast of Child 44. Philip Seymour Hoffman Joins ‘Child 44′ * EXCLUSIVE: The strong cast that director Daniel Espinosa assembled for Child 44 just got better. Philip Seymour Hoffman is negotiating to join Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman, and Joel Kinnaman in the film. The picture is being made by Summit Entertainment and co-financed and executive produced by Worldview Entertainment. Douglas Urbanski is also exec producer. An adaptation of the Tom Rob Smith bestseller, the Richard Price-scripted Child 44 focuses on a member of the Soviet military police who investigates a series of nasty child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union. His biggest impediment is a government that refuses to acknowledge a serial killer is in their midst. Ridley Scott is producing under his Scott Free Productions banner with Michael Schaefer and Greg Shapiro. Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone, Sarah Johnson Redlich will executive produce. Hoffman is coming off an Oscar nominated turn in The Master, and he’s starring in the sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Summit will distribute Child 44 domestically with Lionsgate handling international sales. Hoffman joins the film mid-swing, as principal photography began June 10th in Prague. Hoffman is repped by attorney Robert Marshall.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:42:09 +0000
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