“Fans of Kent Haruf’s Our Souls at Night (2015) and Elizabeth Strout’s Olive, Again (2019) will appreciate the dignity O’Nan (Ocean State, 2022) affords his characters as they navigate both the dramatic and the mundane moments in their lives.”
— Lindsay Harmon [full review]
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Johnny Flynn’s career has taken him from Regency England (“Emma,” “Vanity Fair”) to WWII (“Operation Mincemeat”) to contempo Glasgow (“Lovesick”) to mid-century Italy (“Ripley”) to 1971 David Bowie (“Stardust”), and now the versatile actor-singer-songwriter travels to post Civil War America in “A Prayer for the Dying.” Adapted from the novel by Stewart O’Nan and directed by Dara Van Dusen, the drama unfolds in 1870 Wisconsin, in a small town of Scandinavian settlers who face a chillingly timely threat of a pandemic and wildfires. Flynn plays Jacob Hansen, the local sheriff and town leader, and John C. Reilly co-stars as the town’s doctor. Anton and New Europe Films are handling worldwide rights, and Anton will be debuting a new sales promo at EFM.
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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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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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