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‘Trans-Siberian’ Thriller Sets Out
When director Brad Anderson signs on to helm a pic, you bet two things: One, there will be bizarre plot twists, and two; he will take you on a fast paced ride you won’t soon forget. Thus, it’s appropriate that the next major project for the director will be set on a train racing across the tundra of Asia. Trans-Siberian is set on the infamous rail line as it runs from China to Moscow. Anderson, most recently known for work on HBO’s “The Wire” as well as “Homicide, Life on the Streets”, brings his edgy, slightly seedy world to the big screen.
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When director Brad Anderson signs on to helm a pic, you bet two things: One, there will be bizarre plot twists, and two; he will take you on a fast paced ride you won’t soon forget. Thus, it’s appropriate that the next major project for the director will be set on a train racing across the tundra of Asia. Trans-Siberian is set on the infamous rail line as it runs from China to Moscow. Anderson, most recently known for work on HBO’s “The Wire” as well as “Homicide, Life on the Streets”, brings his edgy, slightly seedy world to the big screen.
The project, with a $15 million budget, is set to begin filming December 11 in Beijing, Russia, and Lithuania. True to Anderson’s style, the crime thriller will follow an American couple (Woody Harrelson and Samantha Morton) making the trip when they meet another couple (Kate Mara and Eduardo Noriega ) who are under investigation by the Russian police played by Ben Kingsley and
Thomas Kretschmann for the murder of a drug dealer. The Americans are drawn deeper into the web of deception that could cost them everything.
Anderson is teaming up with Barcelona-based mini-major Filmax Entertainment, the group which financed his 2004 flickThe Machinist. Filmax chairman Julio Fernandez has mobilized “Trans-Siberian” as a co-production with Germany’s Universum Film. The film is set for a 2007 release.