IONCINEMA.com presents: Soloist, The (2008)

CAST AND CREW

Director

Joe Wright

Cast (alphabetical order):

Robert Downey Jr.

Jamie Foxx

Catherine Keener

The Soloist

Release Date: Nov 21, 2008 - Wide Release
Distributor: DreamWorks Pictures
Film Genre: Drama
Country: United States

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Written by Susannah Grant, this is based on the true story of musical prodigy Nathaniel Ayers, who developed schizophrenia in his second year at Juilliard and ended up homeless on the streets of downtown L.A. where he performs the violin and cello. Downey Jr. will star in the pic - he will play Steve Lopez, the Los Angeles Times columnist who discovered Nathaniel Ayers, a downtown L.A. homeless man who was a skillful violinist. After learning that Ayers was a prodigy until schizophrenia made it impossible to continue, Lopez wrote columns about the musician and developed a relationship that changed both their lives.

MOVIE NEWS ITEMS

2007-10-01
Variety reports that Catherine Keener has signed on to co-star in the pic - Keener will portray Lopez’s editor at the Times.

2007-08-28
Variety reports that Robert Downey Jr. will star in the pic - he will play Steve Lopez, the Los Angeles Times columnist who discovered Nathaniel Ayers, a downtown L.A. homeless man who was a skillful violinist.

2007-08-17
Variety reports that Jamie Foxx is set to star in the project, and Joe Wright will direct. Shooting will begin in January, mostly in Los Angeles. Gary Foster and Russ Krasnoff are producing through their Krasnoff/Foster banner. Rikki Bestall is co-producing, and Tim Bevan is exec producer.