Nicole Kidman is reuniting with director Stephen Daldry (The Hours), while Ralph Fiennes is re-teaming with producer Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) for The Reader. Mirage Productions partners Minghella and Sydney Pollack are producing with Scott Rudin. Shooting begins in Berlin late September.
Based on the Bernard Schlink novel, and scripted by David Hare this tells the tale of fifteen-year-old Michael Berg who is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover–then she inexplicably disappears. When Michael next sees her, he is a young law student, and she is on trial for a hideous crime. As he watches her refuse to defend her innocence, Michael gradually realizes that Hanna may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder.
Hedge your bets in advance – The Weinstein Company are looking towards 2008 to perhaps correct the ‘errors’ of the past. With the exception of Renée Zellweger’s win, Cold Mountain broke less than even in the U.S market and lost out to the popularity of the competing Miramax title of Chicago.
