Viola Davis will star in Steve McQueen’s upcoming heist thriller “Widows” for New Regency.
“Gone Girl” screenwriter and novelist Gillian Flynn is on board to pen the script with McQueen.
Based on the 2002 British miniseries about a caper gone wrong, the story follows four armed robbers who get killed in a failed heist attempt, leaving their widows to finish the job.
The film will be produced by McQueen, and Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films, who teamed with McQueen on “Shame” and also produced the best picture Oscar winner “The Kings Speech.” Film 4 is co-financing with New Regency.
The movie marks McQueen’s first feature since winning the best picture Academy Award for “12 Years a Slave.” McQueen has since been working on the HBO limited series “Codes of Conduct,” also penned by Flynn.
HBO recently shelved “Codes of Conduct,” allowing McQueen to focus all his energy on “Widows.
“Gone Girl” screenwriter and novelist Gillian Flynn is on board to pen the script with McQueen.
Based on the 2002 British miniseries about a caper gone wrong, the story follows four armed robbers who get killed in a failed heist attempt, leaving their widows to finish the job.
The film will be produced by McQueen, and Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films, who teamed with McQueen on “Shame” and also produced the best picture Oscar winner “The Kings Speech.” Film 4 is co-financing with New Regency.
The movie marks McQueen’s first feature since winning the best picture Academy Award for “12 Years a Slave.” McQueen has since been working on the HBO limited series “Codes of Conduct,” also penned by Flynn.
HBO recently shelved “Codes of Conduct,” allowing McQueen to focus all his energy on “Widows.
- 9/27/2016
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety - Film News
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