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From Deadline: Wagner Moura, Sofia Carson, Brian Tyree Henry & Elisabeth Moss To Star In ‘Last Night At The Lobster’; Bankside & WME Independent Launch For AFM

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EXCLUSIVE: Wagner Moura (Narcos), Sofia Carson (Purple Hearts), Oscar nominee Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway), and Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale) have been set to star in comedy-drama Last Night At The Lobster, which Moura will direct.

Bankside Films is launching international sales on the project ahead of the American Film Market. WME Independent is handling North American rights.

Based on the well-received novel by Stewart O’Nan with a screenplay written by Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro, Jane Anderson and Eboni Booth, the film is currently in pre-production and is due to shoot early next year.

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From Variety: First Look at Survival Thriller ‘A Prayer for the Dying’ Starring John C. Reilly and Johnny Flynn (EXCLUSIVE)

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John C. Reilly and Johnny Flynn look contemplative in this first look image from “A Prayer for the Dying,” the survival thriller now in production outside Bratislava, Slovakia.

Anton and New Europe Films are co-repping worldwide rights on the film, and are continuing sales at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. 

“A Prayer for the Dying” is written and directed by Dara Van Dusen and based on the novel by Stewart O’Nan. It takes place in 1870 in Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussion of the recent Civil War. When faced with a new and even deadlier threat, one man is forced to make a harrowing choice: save his young family or defend the community that gave him a second chance at life and meaning. Flynn will play Jacob Hansen, the sheriff responsible for the safety of the town, while Reilly will play the local doctor.

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From Variety: Johnny Flynn, John C. Reilly to Star in Survival Thriller ‘A Prayer for the Dying’ for Anton, New Europe (EXCLUSIVE)

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Johnny Flynn (“Ripley,” “One Life”) is set to lead the cast of survival thriller “A Prayer for the Dying,” with John C. Reilly also joining the film, now in production outside Bratislava, Slovakia.

Anton and New Europe Films are co-repping worldwide rights, and will continue sales at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. 

Written and directed by Dara Van Dusen, “A Prayer for the Dying” is based on the novel by Stewart O’Nan and takes place in 1870 in Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussion of the recent Civil War. When faced with a new and even deadlier threat, one man is forced to make a harrowing choice: save his young family or defend the community that gave him a second chance at life and meaning. Flynn will play Jacob Hansen, the sheriff responsible for the safety of the town, while Reilly will play the local doctor.

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