Ethan Hawke & Russell Crowe to Star in Historical Epic Movie The Weight
Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke (The Northman) and Oscar winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator) have officially signed on for the leading roles in the upcoming historical period epic titled,. The project hails from Padraic McKinley, who previously worked with Hawke in 2020’s The Good Lord Bird miniseries, and with Crowe in the 2019 show The Loudest Voice.
Besides The Weight, Hawke is currently attached to star in several movies, including Scott Derrickson’s horror sequel The Black Phone 2, Richard Linklater’s music drama Blue Moon, mountain climbing drama Batso with Daniel Radcliffe, and Andrew Stanton’s Beatles movie Revolver with Maya Hawke. Meanwhile, Crowe was most recently seen in last year’s Kraven the Hunter with Aaron Taylor-Johnson. He will next be seen in the sports drama movie Beast in Me, the crime drama American Son, and the historical thriller Nuremberg.
“The film follows Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer,” reads the official synopsis. “Murphy only wants to escape and regain custody of his daughter, Penny, but becomes entangled in Clancy’s perilous gold smuggling scheme, facing threats from both the treacherous wilderness and potential betrayal within his own group.”
The Weight will be directed by McKinley from a screenplay written by Shelby Gaines, Matthew Chapman, and Matthew Booi, based on an original story by Booi and Leo Scherman. The project is expected to begin its production sometime this summer. Producers are Simon Fields and Nathan Fields for Fields Entertainment, Ryan Hawke for Under The Influence, Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo of augenschein, Veronica Ferres for Construction Film, with Ralf Berchtold set as an executive producer.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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