Brian Tyree Henry is in closing negotiations to hitch Julia Roberts, Elizabeth Olsen, and Eddie Redmayne in Sam Esmail’s Panic Fastidiously
Mr. Robotic creator Sam Esmail and Julia Roberts have labored collectively a number of instances already. She starred within the sequence Homecoming, which he co-created; he was an government producer on the restricted sequence Gaslit, which she starred in; and he or she starred in his thriller Go away the World Behind, which was a giant hit for the Netflix streaming service, touchdown on their listing of High 10 Most Well-liked Films. As of proper now, Go away the World Behind stands as Netflix’s fifth hottest English-language movie of all time, with 143.4 million views. Final week, we discovered that Esmail and Roberts are going to proceed their working relationship with one other thriller, this one known as Panic Fastidiously… and within the final couple of weeks, Esmail has been constructing a supporting solid round Roberts. Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision) and Eddie Redmayne (The Principle of Every little thing) are in there, and now Deadline has revealed that Brian Tyree Henry of Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Atlanta, Eternals, and Bullet Practice is in closing negotiations to hitch the solid.
Esmail can be directing Panic Fastidiously from his personal screenplay. Plot particulars are being saved beneath wraps, however the mission is being described as “a paranoid thriller within the vein of Esmail’s Emmy and Golden Globe winner Mr. Robotic, in addition to The Silence of the Lambs.“ In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, the story includes the hunt for a cyber terrorist.
The mission went out to assorted studios and streamers earlier this 12 months, kicking off an intense bidding conflict. Warner Bros. got here out the winner of that bidding conflict, and Deadline notes that their victory was “in part due to their commitment to a theatrical run.” So, whereas Esmail and Roberts had nice success taking Go away the World Behind to streaming, they need this one to get extra play on the large display. (Go away the World Behind obtained a restricted theatrical launch about two weeks earlier than it began streaming.)
Esmail and Chad Hamilton are producing Panic Fastidiously for Electronic mail Corp. Roberts can be producing the movie, as are Scott Stuber, Marisa Yeres Gill, and Lisa Gillan. Kevin McCormick and Chrystal Li are overseeing the mission for Warner Bros. Filming will happen in England and cameras are anticipated to start out rolling in January.
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