Oren Moverman makes Ben Foster into ‘The Messenger’

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In a marketplace full of unwanted war-themed films, there can’t be a bigger risk than going into such a hostile territory, and yet producers Mark Gordon and Lawrence Inglee (of Mark Gordon Co.) and Zach Miller and Ben Goldhirsh of Reason
Pictures are backing Oren Moverman‘s directorial debut. Truth is Moverman is a fine screenwriter with I’m Not There, Married Life and dating back all the way to Jesus’s Son, but the good news is his The Messenger happens to be a damn fine script.

Playing one of the lead two significant roles, is Ben Foster who was insanely great in Alpha Dog, with this homeland set picture, he will play a young Army officer who is forced to work with a
partner he can’t stand in the least desirable job in the military. His
life becomes even more complicated when he falls in love with a
soldier’s widow.

An April film shoot is set.

 

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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