Andy Serkis has joined of the solid of Oren Moverman’s WW2 psychological thriller The Man with the Miraculous Arms within the position of main Nazi Heinrich Himmler reverse Woody Harrelson, as France’s SND boards the challenge for a Cannes market launch.
In addition to worldwide gross sales rights, Paris-based movie firm SND has additionally taken distribution rights in France and can co-produce.
Philippe Rousselet at Vendôme Movies and Eric Jehelmann at Jerico Movies lead produce. The businesses are subsidiaries of Paris-based Vendôme Group, Rousselet’s Oscar-winning banner (CODA) with Fabrice Gianfermi, who takes an government producer credit score with Jeremy Plager.
Moverman wrote and can direct the 1939-set film taking its cue from the true story of Felix Kersten (Harrelson), a famend, apolitical medical masseuse, who grew to become the non-public physician of the chronically in poor health Heinrich Himmler (Serkis), Hitler’s second-in-command who was the pinnacle of the SS and is considered the chief architect of the Holocaust.
As warfare rages throughout Europe, and Himmler’s well being declines whereas his authority grows, Kersten finds himself in a novel place to affect resolution making on the best stage contained in the Third Reich. Enjoying a really harmful recreation which will price him his life at each flip, and utilizing his medical expertise as a weapon, the physician manages to affect Himmler, flip him towards Hitler, and, in flip, save many 1000’s of lives.
“Now we have been working with Oren for a while on creating this challenge and his script is simply spectacular. His long-established relationship with Woody is the muse and we’re trying ahead to bringing this phenomenal story to life with Andy and our shut collaborators at SND,” stated Rousselet.
Vendôme and SND have an extended working historical past, having beforehand collaborated on Two is a Household, What Occurred to Monday? for the US, in addition to La Famille Bélier on which Vendôme’s Academy Award-winning movie CODA was based mostly.
“We’re thrilled to reunite with Vendôme for this particular movie. We belief their experience in working with the most effective expertise and creating tales with nice manufacturing worth that are common,” stated SND Director of Worldwide Distribution Ramy Nahas.
“We beloved the script and the unbelievable true story on which it’s based mostly – and now we have little doubt Vendôme, actors Woody Harrelson and Andy Serkis in addition to Academy Award nominee Oren Moveman will carry to life a surprising, untold WWII story with mass attraction.
Principal images is about to start this fall.
Award-winning actor Serkis (the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Planet Of The Apes) is at the moment in manufacturing as director and producer of an animated adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm and has additionally just lately been introduced because the director and star of two new LOTR movies at Warner — working titled Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.
Serkis is represented by CAA and Principal Leisure.
