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EXCLUSIVE: Oscar and Olivier victor Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) is group to prima successful and make his characteristic directorial debut pinch Nice Fish, alongside five-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain), Jim Lichtscheidl (A Serious Man), and Isabella LaBlanc (True Detective: Night Country).
Tamara Birkemoe, CEO of Palisades Park Pictures, is launching world income connected nan task astatine nan upcoming Cannes Film Market. CAA Media Finance will correspond North American rights.
Nice Fish first originated arsenic a successful shape play, later earning an Olivier Award nomination. The accumulation was mostly a collaboration betwixt Rylance and prose writer Louis Jenkins, who wrote much than 600 prose poems during his lifetime, galore of which were adapted into nan film’s screenplay, written by Rylance and Lichtscheidl.
The synopsis reads: “Hoping to rekindle an aged friendship, puerility buddies Ron and Erik group retired for a day’s ice-fishing, connected nan past time of nan ice-fishing season. However, they observe that now successful adulthood their comradeship is connected bladed ice, which easy cracks; 1 man behaves for illustration a child, nan different man for illustration a too-grown-up. Imagination and logic divided. With nan thief of 3 mysterious women they meet arsenic they recreation further connected nan ice, tin Ron and Erik find a measurement to reconnect, re-unite, and bask a caller friendship? And much importantly, drawback that elusive elephantine fish, arsenic nan crystal originates to melt…”
The movie is simply a co-production betwixt Water & Power Productions and Shakespeare Road Productions. Producers see Tom Miller (The Phantom of nan Open) and James Swarbrick (The Scurry) from Water & Power, Rylance and Claire Walden (Wolf Hall) from Shakespeare Road, and Dan Clifton (Last Breath), pinch Brianna Lee Johnson (Trap House) arsenic statement producer.
Behind-the-camera talent includes Jörg Widmer (The Way of nan Wind), BAFTA-nominated editor Paul Watts (The Zone of Interest), costume designer Ilona Somogyi (from nan original Nice Fish shape production), pinch accumulation creation by April Lasky (Bodies, Bodies, Bodies).
“I grew up successful nan Midwest and later built my acting profession successful London, but returning to Minnesota reconnected maine pinch nan light, nan cold, nan chopped civilization of Minnesota and Wisconsin,” said Rylance.
He continued: “An crystal sportfishing travel and nan activity of a section writer inspired what became Nice Fish, an Olivier-nominated shape play, and now my first characteristic arsenic a director. I’ve been fortunate to collaborate pinch an unthinkable team, drafting inspiration from filmmakers and classical comedic pairings that person agelong influenced me.”
Producer Tom Miller shared: “We are truthful pleased and honoured to beryllium moving pinch Mark again, peculiarly connected his directorial debut, and pinch nan awesome Jim, Michelle, Isabella, and an unthinkable crew, we’re hooked!”
“Mark and Jim person written a movie that is emotional, funny and refreshingly original,” said Birkemoe. “And pinch an outstanding talent for illustration Michelle alongside them, this is poised to go a existent circuit de unit connected each level.”
Mark Rylance is repped by CAA and Peikoff Mahan Law Office; Michelle Williams is repped by CAA, and Isabella LaBlance is repped by Innovative Artists and Liberman-Zerman Management.
