HSX Forum

Movies

Variety: Nicole Kidman to star in 'Railway Man' [RAILW]

Posted by: 1bloke (a.k.a Malachi) on Mar 02, 02:51

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118050992

Film News

Print ArticlePrint  
Share
Posted: Fri., Mar. 2, 2012, 12:17am PT

Nicole Kidman to star in 'Railway Man'

Thesp to play opposite Colin Firth

By Adam Dawtrey
LONDON -- Nicole Kidman has been cast as Colin Firth's wife in ''The Railway Man,'' replacing Rachel Weisz in the role.

Weisz was forced to drop out of the project because she's required to do additional shooting on ''The Bourne Legacy'' and ''Oz: The Great and Powerful.''

''The Railway Man,'' directed by Jonathan Teplitzy, is in pre-production to start shooting in April. A U.K.-Australian co-production backed by Lionsgate Intl., it's based on Eric Lomax's autobiography about his horrific experiences as a Japanese prisoner in World War II, and his remarkable reconciliation with one of his captors 30 years later.

Lomax's wife Patti, who will be played by Kidman, took a key role in helping him to face up the longstanding psychological damage caused by his wartime horrors, and in bringing him back together with one of the Japanese officers who had participated in his torture.

Jeremy Irvine (''War Horse'') plays the younger Lomax in the WWII scenes.

Producer Andy Paterson co-wrote the adaptation with Frank Cottrell Boyce.

''The Railway Man'' will shoot in Scotland with Firth and Kidman, before moving to Australia's Gold Coast for the WWII section.

Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

 

[RAILW]


Tag(s): RAILW





Post a Reply

To post to the forums you must first login!


Buy Max    Sell All    Short Max    Cover All    Radar

Sharlto Copley (SCOPL) 10 12.75 (+0.10)          Metal Gear Solid (MTLGR) 50000 14.87 (+0.92)          Escape From New York (ESCNY) 150000 5.03 (+0.16)          Klara and the Sun (KLARA) 50000 18.61 (-0.36)          Klara and the Sun (KLARA) 50000 18.61 (-0.36)          Mortal Kombat II (MKMB2) 10000 91.51 (-0.14)          Gladys aka Weapons prequel (WEPN2) 10000 57.25 (-0.04)          Over Your Dead Body (TETRP) 25000 8.71 (0.00)          Meryl Streep (MSTRE) 100 129.62 (0.00)          Gambino (GMBNO) 25000 11.11 (+0.37)          Project Hail Mary $260M Blockbus (PRJHM.BW) 25000 5.79 (+0.13)          Normal (NORML) 100000 16.56 (+0.77)          Meghann Fahy (MFAHY) 300 4.92 (0.00)          Gambino (GMBNO) 25000 11.11 (+0.37)          Kristen Wiig (KWIIG) 100 88.17 (0.00)          Taika Waititi (TAWAI) 25000 99.26 (-1.00)          Rose (ROSE) 10000 1.72 (-0.01)          Escape From New York (ESCNY) 150000 5.03 (+0.16)          Renate Reinsve (REREI) 25000 2.68 (+0.02)          Justin Theroux (JTHER) 10 125.42 (0.00)          Metal Gear Solid (MTLGR) 64336 14.87 (+0.92)          Jack Reynor (JREYN) 100 20.01 (0.00)          Jason Momoa (JMOMO) 10 179.41 (0.00)          Johnny Knoxville (JKNOX) 10 16.98 (0.00)          Jermaine Fowler (JFOWL) 10 6.56 (0.00)          Lords of War (LRDW2) 150000 7.89 (+0.60)          Escape From New York (ESCNY) 150000 5.03 (+0.16)          Jennifer's Body 2 (JBOD2) 150000 13.75 (-0.46)          Hadestown: The Musical (HDSTW) 150000 6.07 (+0.71)          Sweat (SWEAT) 150000 8.86 (-0.05)          Jennifer's Body 2 (JBOD2) 50000 13.75 (-0.46)          Be My Baby (BMYBB) 100000 13.27 (-0.53)          Riverrun (RVRUN) 150000 1.43 (-0.02)          Metal Gear Solid (MTLGR) 150000 14.87 (+0.92)          Jay Baruchel (JBARU) 100 68.23 (0.00)          Issa Rae (IRAE) 100 150.77 (0.00)          Hiroyuki Sanada (HSANA) 100 130.35 (0.00)          Gambino (GMBNO) 20000 11.11 (+0.37)          David Oyelowo (DOYEL) 40 11.29 (0.00)          Diane Kruger (DKRUG) 100 6.53 (0.00)          Gambino (GMBNO) 15000 11.11 (+0.37)          Runner (RUNNR) 150000 10.92 (-0.47)          The Brink of War aka Reykjavik (REYKJ) 150000 4.49 (-0.76)          Wonka 2 (WONK2) 149999 70.02 (+0.19)          Cold War 1994 (CWAR3) 150000 0.99 (-0.01)          Gambino (GMBNO) 150000 11.11 (+0.37)          Gambino (GMBNO) 150000 11.11 (+0.37)