Bier’s Brothers-remake find its siblings in Maguire & Gyllenhaal

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Add another shell shocked/war drama to the batch, the English language remake of Susanne Bier's Brødre is getting the big screen big name treatment – and Variety reports that the Kirsten Dunst dreamteam of Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal are in negotiations to star in the pic.

Based on the Susanne Bier-directed original, Brothers (remake) centers on a man (Tobey Maguire) who is sent to fight in Afghanistan while his black-sheep brother (Jake Gyllenhaal) cares for his wife and child.

I particularly liked the Dane version – only because Bier tends to go into places where many do not care to visit – it may be interesting to see how lighter or darker director Jim Sheridan goes with this version. An important role to cast is the Connie Nielsen character – who is perhaps more shell shocked than the two siblings, but casting wise Jake and Tobey look to come from the same family tree.

David Benioff is writing the project – which is scheduled to begin shooting in early November. Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh is producing alongside Michael De Luca and Joni Sighvatsson.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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