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EXCLUSIVE: There is bully news for Charlie Kaufman fans up of Cannes.
The Veterans, nan L.A.-based income outfit headed by Vincent Maraval and Kim Fox, has announced it has boarded income connected his long-awaited drama drama Later The War.
The characteristic is group to sprout successful Cyprus successful 2027 pinch Channing Tatum, Tessa Thompson and Patsy Ferran starring nan cast.
It is Kaufman’s 4th characteristic arsenic a head aft 2020 surrealist thriller I’m Thinking of Ending Things, and his 12th characteristic screenplay aft award-winning and nominated classics including Eternal Sunshine of nan Spotless Mind, for which he shared an Academy Award pinch Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth, arsenic good arsenic Adaptation. and Being John Malkovich.
Kaufman has adapted nan book for his caller movie from nan short communicative ‘Debby’s Dream House’ by writer Iddo Gefen, which characteristic successful his short communicative postulation ‘Jerusalem Beach’. The original communicative follows a man who manufactures dreams and nightmares for others, including for his ain wife.
In Kaufman’s version, Tatum plays Peekman, a wildly celebrated actor-director, celebrated for blockbuster beingness comedies successful which he stars pinch his woman Kiki (Thompson).
The much successful he becomes, nan much he originates to fishy that heavy down, he has thing to say. In a bid for nan creator legitimacy that he craves, and arsenic his matrimony flounders, he attempts a superior Holocaust film, while Kiki moves connected to create her ain one-woman show.
When Peekman encounters Debora (Ferran), a writer who has nary thought who he is, he finds himself hopeless to triumph her approval. This does not spell well.
The movie weaves coming time reality, films nested wrong films, and mind-bending dreamscapes to create a world successful which Peekman and Kiki, having mislaid themselves to nan pursuit of fame, whitethorn find their measurement backmost to reality.
Ken Kao and Josh Rosenbaum of Waypoint Entertainment (Project Hail Mary, I Love Boosters, The Favourite) are producing together pinch Sarah Green (The Bikeriders, Mud).
“It is simply a genuine privilege to activity pinch nan visionary Charlie Kaufman. Later The War balances humor, irreverence, and wit pinch nan benignant of thought-provoking truth-telling Charlie is known for, each of which we need, correct now,” nan producers said successful a associated statement.
Tatum arrives connected nan task caller from nan captious occurrence of presently of Beth de Araújo’s Sundance Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic winner Josephine and deed crime caper Roofman.
Thompson, who has besides made sanction arsenic a shaper nether nan Viva Maude banner, was seen astir precocious successful Nia DaCosta’s feature Hedda as good arsenic Netflix psychological thriller mini series His & Hers, connected which she is besides an executive producer.
Ferran will soon beryllium seen adjacent successful Joel Coen’s gothic thriller Jack of Spades opposite Josh O’Connor and Lesley Manville, pinch caller past credits including Mickey 17 and Jay Kelly.
The Veterans is handling world income pinch CAA Media Finance looking aft North America.
Kaufman is repped by CAA and Hansen Jacobson and Teller. Tatum is repped by CAA, Hansen Jacobson and Teller, and Relevant. Thompson is repped by CAA, Untitled, Jackoway Austen and Tyerman, and Shelter. Ferran is repped by UTA, Independent Talent Group, and Goodman, Genow and Schenkman.
The Veterans is besides successful Cannes this twelvemonth pinch James Gray’s Paper Tiger in Competition Andy Garcia’s Diamond premiering Out of Competition and Reed van Dyk’s Atonement at Directors’ Fortnight. Upcoming titles see Jean-François Richet’s Mutiny, Takashi Miike’s adjacent movie starring Charli XCX and Milly Alcock and Empire City starring Gerard Butler among different titles
