Melissa Leo Takes No Prisoners
Steve Barton
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Variety
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118059430
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Melissa Leo has been locked to appear in the upcoming thriller Prisoners, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Incendies) and written by Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband).
According to Variety, Leo will join Hugh Jackman in Alcon Entertainment’s thriller Prisoners. Production is scheduled to begin early next year with Alcon targeting a fall 2013 release through its output deal with Warner Bros.
The story revolves around a small-town carpenter whose young daughter and best friend are kidnapped. After the cops fail to find them, he takes the law into his own hands but in the process runs up against the big-city detective assigned to the case.
Alcon toppers Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson are producing along with 8:38 Productions’ Kira Davis and Madhouse Entertainment’s Adam Kolbrenner. Ed McDonnell and John Stark exec produce.
Alcon and Madhouse began working together three years ago when they launched development on Guzikowski’s Prisoners script. That deal opened the way to the companies discussing an alliance of business operations, with Alcon acquiring a controlling interest in Madhouse late last year.
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