EXCLUSIVE: Black Label Media has acquired film rights to The Strange, the 2023 sci-fi thriller novel by Nathan Ballingrud, enlisting Aisha Porter-Christie (Amazon MGM’s Citizen) to adapt the screenplay and J.D. Dillard (Devotion) to direct.

The project reunites Dillard with Black Label Media on the heels of Devotion, his historical war epic for Columbia Pictures, which the company produced.

The Strange is set in New Galveston, Mars in the year 1931. In the desolate frontier of a Martian colony, 14-year-old Anabelle Crisp embarks on a perilous quest through the desert, vowing revenge on the man who doomed her father to the gallows and stole her prized possession — the last known recording of her mother’s voice. The book is said to evoke the gritty, lawless atmosphere of True Grit combined with the raw intensity of Mad Max, following a young girl’s relentless search for justice as she battles ruthless outlaws and haunting mysteries on the rugged, untamed Martian landscape.

Black Label Media’s Molly Smith, Rachel Smith, Thad Luckinbill and Trent Luckinbill will produce along with Dillard and David Eisenberg, with Black Label also financing.

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November 13, 2024 10:48am

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has the first still from Die, My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson and LaKeith Stanfield, the new thriller from renowned Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), which adapts the 2017 novel by Ariana Harwicz.

Set in rural America, Die, My Love is a portrait of a woman (Lawrence) engulfed by love and madness. Pattinson plays her husband, and Stanfield, her lover. Also in the cast are Sissy Spacek and Nick Nolte.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Sissy Spacek (Carrie) and three-time Oscar nominee Nick Nolte (The Thin Red Line) have been tapped for roles in Die, My Love, Lynne Ramsay’s thriller based on the 2017 novel by Ariana Harwicz.

Details as to the duo’s roles are under wraps. The project reunites Spacek and Nolte following their work together on Affliction, the 1997 crime drama written and directed by Paul Schrader. As previously announced, Jennifer Lawerence, Robert Pattinson and LaKeith Stanfield will also star.

Set in a remote forgotten rural area, the story follows a mother (Lawrence) who struggles to maintain her sanity as she battles with psychosis. Pattinson will be playing her husband, and Stanfield, her lover.

Ramsay is directing from her script written with Enda Walsh. Producers on the project include Justine Ciarrocchi and Lawerence on behalf of Excellent Cadaver, as well as Martin Scorsese and Andrea Calderwood. Black Label Media is financing.

Known for her work in such classic films as In the Bedroom, Coal Miner’s Daughter and Carrie, Spacek has been busiest on the TV side of late, starring in Prime Video’s Night Sky, the first season of Prime Video’s Homecoming, Hulu’s Castle Rock and Netflix’s Bloodline. Most recently taking on films including romantic dramedy Sam & Kate and David Lowery’s The Old Man & the Gun opposite Robert Redford, she’ll next be seen recurring on FX’s limited series Dying for Sex.

Nolte’s sprawling resume includes turns in acclaimed films like Warrior, Hotel Rwanda, The Thin Red Line, The Player, Cape Fear, Under Fire and 48 Hrs., among many others. In television, he’s most recently starred in Epix’s comedy Graves, also taking on roles on shows like Poker Face and The Mandalorian. Upcoming projects include the indie drama Rittenhouse Square and Ed Harris’s The Ploughmen.

Spacek is represented by UTA, Mgmt Entertainment, and Rowan & Maron. Nolte is repped by CAA, Tavistock Wood Management, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

By Justin Kroll

EXCLUSIVE: LaKeith Stanfield is in final negotiations to star opposite Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson in the thriller Die, My Love, which Lynne Ramsay is directing. Ramsay also co-wrote the script with Enda Walsh.

Set in a remote forgotten rural area, the story follows a mother who struggles to maintain her sanity as she battles with psychosis. It is unknown who Stanfield would play.

Justine Ciarrocchi and Lawrence (through their Excellent Cadaver banner), Martin Scorsese, Andrea Calderwood and Black Label Media producing. Black Label Media is also financing pic.

Stanfield is continuing to deliver a diversified slate as he continue to be one of Hollywood’s busier stars. He was most recently seen in Sony and Legendary’s The Book of Clarence as well as Disney’s The Haunted Mansion. On the TV side, he starred in the Apple TV+ drama The Changeling, which he also exec produced.

In 2021, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah. Upcoming projects include Play Dirty alongside Mark Wahlberg, Dermot Mulroney and Tony Shalhoub; starring and producing the film adaptation of El Paso, Elsewhere and lending his voice to the documentary Ernest Cole: Lost and Found.

Stanfield recently joined the ensemble of Bernard Rose’s Lear Rex. He is repped by CAA and Stark Management.

Source: Deadline

By Justin Kroll

EXCLUSIVE: In what would mark the first time the two A-listers have shared a screen together, sources tell Deadline that Robert Pattinson is in negotiations to star opposite Jennifer Lawrence in the thriller Die, My Love, which Lynne Ramsay is directing. Ramsay also co-wrote the script with Enda Walsh.

Set in a remote forgotten rural area, the story follows a mother who struggles to maintain her sanity as she battles with psychosis. It is unknown who Pattinson would play.

Justine Ciarrocchi and Lawrence (through their Excellent Cadaver banner), Martin Scorsese and Andrea Calderwell are producing with Black Label Media financing.

Pattinson’s been on quite a run that started after landing a starring role in Christopher Nolan’s Tenet opposite John David Washington. He followed that by landing the starring role in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Warner Bros was so impressed with Pattinson’s work in that film that it tapped him to star in Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17, which bows next year.

Pattinson is repped by 3 Arts Entertainment, WME, Curtis Brown, and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern.

Source: Deadline

By BreAnna Bell

“Reptile,” Netflix’s latest crime thriller starring Benicio del Toro, Alicia Silverstone, and Justin Timberlake, flexed its star power with a strong debut on the Netflix Top 10. During the Sept. 25-Oct. 1 viewing window, the film opened at No. 1 on the English Films chart with 17.7 million total views, almost making it the most viewed title of the week. The film fell just behind Spanish dystopian thriller, “Nowhere” which snagged 23.4 million views.

On the TV side, “Sex Education” Season 4 continued to lead the list with 13.4 million views, while Season 1 took ninth place with 1.9 million views. The final installment opened to 12 million total views during the Sept. 18-24 viewing window, subsequently ending the No. 1 streak of One Piece” on Netflix Top 10’s English-language TV chart and bringing the Moordale students’ story to a close on a high note.

“One Piece” dropped to sixth place in its fifth week on the chart. After scoring a Season 2 pickup, the show earned another 3.8 million total views bringing it to 57.8 million views to date. “Virgin River” Season 5 landed just beneath the live-action anime series with 3 million total views.

British true crime documentary “Who Killed Jill Dando?” cracked the chart this week with 5.5 million total views, landing it in second place this week as Season 5 of “Love is Blind,” another unscripted title, moved to third on the chart with the latest batch of episodes delivering another 5.3 million total views. The dating series previously opened at No. 7 on the previous week’s chart with 3 million views for its first four episodes.

Season 2 of “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal” fell to fourth place on the list in its first full week of availability with 4.5 million total views. It’s also worth noting that Season 1 of the documentary series did not reappear on the chart during the viewing window despite coming in at No. 10 the previous week.

Also making its debut on the Top 10 is “Encounters” and “Castlevania: Nocturne,” which landed at No. 5 (4.4 million views) and No. 8 (2.6 million views) on the chart, respectively. Finally, “The Pacific” dropped to 10th place on the list in its second week among the list of popular titles with 1.7 million views.

Source: Variety