Olivia Wilde and Gael Garcia Bernal are set to star within the attractive and seductive thriller Monkey Hill for director Sarah Adina Smith
Olivia Wilde (Tron: Legacy) and Gael García Bernal (Werewolf by Night time) have signed on to star in a psychological thriller referred to as Monkey Hill for director Sarah Adina Smith, whose earlier credit embody The Midnight Swim, Buster’s Mal Coronary heart, Birds of Paradise, and The Drop, in addition to a section of the horror anthology Holidays and episodes of Wrecked, Room 104, Legion, Hanna, In search of Alaska, and Classes in Chemistry, profitable the DGA Award for Excellent Directorial Achievement in Films for Tv and Restricted Sequence for steering the pilot episode of that final present. She has additionally directed half of the upcoming first season of the Recreation of Thrones spin-off referred to as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Based on Deadline, Monkey Hill is being described as “sexy and seductive.” Primarily based on the Paul Theroux story of the identical title, the movie will present us what occurs when an heiress accused of a white-collar crime hides away along with her husband at a luxurious resort in an Indian holy metropolis. In deep denial of the rising scandal, they distract themselves with sexual escapades and religious dalliances. In the meantime, the resort workers who pamper them by the pool return every evening to a village stricken by civil unrest and a lethal water disaster. When the couple ventures previous the resort gates that shield them, they awaken the sleeping large of destiny. Smith has written the screenplay adaptation. The quick story supply materials was revealed in The New Yorker in December of 2006 and might be learn at THIS LINK.
Mynette Louie is producing the movie for The Inhabitants whereas Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, and Anish Savjani do the identical for filmscience. Smith serves as an government producer alongside Jonako Donley, Feroze Alameer, Christine D’Souza Gelb, Kyle Jaeger, and Julia Nelson.
Improve represents the worldwide rights on the movie and might be in search of potential distributions on the American Movie Market. 2AM and WME Impartial co-represent the North American rights.
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