The horror-centric actor is now tapped to co-star with Dacre Montgomery in a hostage thriller from Gus Van Sant.
Deadline has simply revealed that Gus Van Sant’s upcoming challenge, Useless Man’s Wire, has secured Invoice Skarsgård and Dacre Montgomery for his leads. The film is a hostage thriller that’s primarily based on a real story. “The film follows a former real estate developer who takes the mortgage banker who did him wrong hostage, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.” The script was written by scribe Austin Kolodney.
The producers on Useless Man’s Wire embody Cassian Elwes (Bride Onerous, Mudbound), Joel David Moore (Bride Onerous, The Immaculate Room), Tom Culliver, Sam Pressman, Mark Amin, Remi and Noor Alfallah, Andrea Bucko, Matt Murphie, and Paula Paizes. Exec producers are Jon Gosier, Emily Salveson, Rishi Bajaj, Cami Winikoff, Michael Merlob, Divya Shahani, Jordan Claire Robbins, Robert MacLean, Svetlana Dali, Konstantin Elkin, Vlad Lapidus, Oliver Trevena, Lee Broda, Jeff Rice, John Pitts, Alan Helene, Nini Le Huynh, and Veronica Radaelli. WME Unbiased is in command of dealing with the worldwide rights.
The producer, Elwes, shared his enthusiasm for the challenge, “It’s an absolute thrill to reunite with one of the greatest directors in the world and I can’t wait to work with the fantastic actors he’s assembling for this film.” Zach Glueck of WME Unbiased additionally acknowledged his pleasure, “We’re really proud to be out in the market with an absolute giant of cinema working in such a commercial genre space.”
You’ll have the ability to catch Skarsgård quickly as he turns into one other reimagining of a infamous horror determine subsequent to his stint as Pennywise. He performs Rely Orlok for Robert Eggers’ Christmas launch, Nosferatu. The look of the character is shrouded in thriller, however Skarsgård has stated that getting within the make-up and costume was like “conjuring pure evil. It took some time for me to shake off the demon that had been conjured inside me. … I don’t assume persons are gonna acknowledge me in it.“
Eggers teased, “This Orlok is more of a folk vampire than any other film version. That means he’s a dead person. And he’s not like, ‘I look great and I’m dead.’ Folk vampires in some ways are more visually similar to zombies. The reason why he looks the way he looks and he dresses the way he’s dressed is because for the first time in a Dracula or Nosferatu story, this guy looks like a dead Transylvanian nobleman . Every single thing he’s wearing down to the heels on his shoes is what he would’ve worn. That’s never been done.” He additionally stated, “Solely when audiences arrive in theaters on premiere day this Christmas will most people see the outcomes of the complete hair, make-up, and prosthetics.“
