Focus Features has teamed with Academy Award®-nominated director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne franchise, Captain Phillips, United 93) for his upcoming film, which he serves as writer and director on, and stars two-time Academy Award-nominee Andrew Garfield (tick tick…BOOM!, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Social Network). Jason Blum is producing through Blumhouse, alongside Gregory Goodman, Joanna Kaye and Greengrass. Focus Features is set to distribute the film domestically.
Katherine Waterston (Babylon, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore) has joined the cast alongside Andrew Garfield who stars as a legendary leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II. As the war burns across England, he forms an army of the people to face the King’s might in a fight for justice and survival.
Greengrass’ next project is The Lost Bus (Academy Award-winner Matthew McConaughey and Academy Award-nominee America Ferrera) for Apple Original Films, which will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5th, followed by a theatrical release before debuting on the platform.
Focus Features’ upcoming slate includes auteur-driven works like Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, based the New York Times bestselling novel, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley; Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons; Ronan Day-Lewis’ directorial debut Anemone, starring and co-written by Daniel Day-Lewis; Song Sung Blue, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson; and the highly anticipated final chapter of the global franchise Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.
Garfield is represented by CAA, ID and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Waterston is represented by UTA, Strand Entertainment, LARK Management, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox.