Aidan Gillen, Joe Alwyn, and extra have joined Julia Roberts within the Sam Esmail-directed thriller Panic Fastidiously
Mr. Robotic creator Sam Esmail and Julia Roberts have labored collectively a number of occasions 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 she or he starred in his thriller Depart the World Behind, which was an enormous hit for the Netflix streaming service, touchdown on their checklist of High 10 Most Common Motion pictures. As of proper now, Depart the World Behind stands as Netflix’s fifth hottest English-language movie of all time, with 143.4 million views. Final month, we realized that Esmail and Roberts are going to proceed their working relationship with one other thriller, this one referred to as Panic Fastidiously… and since then, Esmail has been constructing a supporting forged round Roberts. Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision) Eddie Redmayne (The Principle of Every thing), and Brian Tyree Henry (Eternals) are in there, and now Deadline reveals that the forged has been rounded out by Aidan Gillen (Sport of Thrones), Joe Alwyn (The Brutalist), Naledi Murray (Candy Tooth), Ben Chaplin (September 5), and Sebastian Orozco (The Crow).
Particulars on the roles the forged members will probably be taking part in haven’t been revealed.
Esmail will probably be directing Panic Fastidiously from his personal screenplay. Plot particulars are being saved underneath wraps, however the venture 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 entails the hunt for a cyber terrorist.
The venture went out to assorted studios and streamers earlier this 12 months, kicking off an intense bidding battle. Warner Bros. got here out the winner of that bidding battle, 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 Depart the World Behind to streaming, they need this one to get extra play on the large display screen. (Depart the World Behind received a restricted theatrical launch about two weeks earlier than it began streaming.)
Esmail and Chad Hamilton are producing Panic Fastidiously for E-mail Corp. Roberts can also be producing the movie, as are Scott Stuber, Marisa Yeres Gill, and Lisa Gillan. Kevin McCormick and Chrystal Li are overseeing the venture for Warner Bros. Filming will happen in England.
What do you consider Aidan Gillen, Joe Alwyn, Naledi Murray, Ben Chaplin, and Sebastian Orozco becoming a member of the forged of Panic Fastidiously? Tell us by leaving a remark beneath.
