Relativity Begins Principal Photography on Scott Cooper’s Currently Titled Out of the Furnace
Relativity Begins Principal Photography on Scott Cooper’s
Currently Titled Out of the Furnace
Woody
Harrelson and Forest Whitaker Join Christian Bale, Casey
Affleck, Zoe Saldana & Sam Shepard To Star In Dramatic Thriller
(Beverly Hills, Calif.) April 13, 2012 – Principal
photography has begun today on the gripping and gritty dramatic thriller
currently titled Out of the Furnace starring Oscar®-winner
Christian Bale (The Fighter), Oscar®-nominated Casey Affleck (The
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), Zoe Saldana (Avatar) and
Oscar®-nominated Sam Shepard (The Right Stuff). Oscar®-nominated Woody
Harrelson (The Messenger) and Oscar®-winner Forest Whitaker (The
Last King of Scotland) have also joined the award-winning cast. Additional
casting to be announced.The film is written and directed by
critically-acclaimed Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart).
Collaborating with Cooper behind the scenes is a creative
below-the-line team including: director of photography Masanobu
Takayanagi (The Grey), production designer Thérèse DePrez (Black Swan), Emmy
Award®-winning art director Gary Kosko (Star Trek), costume designer
Kurt & Bart (Stoker), Oscar®-nominated editor David Rosenbloom (The
Insider) and stunt coordinator Ben Bray (The Fighter) .
Most of the filming will take place in the “mill towns” of
Braddock, North Braddock and Rankin, Pennsylvania. These communities are slowly
but surely rebounding after a devastating slump and will provide the evocative
backdrop for the film. Additional filming will take place in the greater
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.
The currently-titled Out of the Furnace tells
the story about fate, circumstance and justice. Russell (Bale) and his younger
brother Rodney (Affleck) live in the economically depressed Rust Belt, and have
always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel
twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother is lured into one of the
most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northeast – a mistake that will
almost cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own
freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother.
Saldana plays Bale’s love interest Lena Warren and Shepard
plays Red, Russell and Rodney Baze’s uncle. Harrelson plays the brutal crime
boss Harlan DeGroat and Whitaker plays Wesley Barnes, the Sheriff of Braddock.
Producing are Appian Way’s Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar) and
Jennifer Killoran (The Ides of March) alongside Scott Free’s Ridley
Scott (The Grey), Tony Scott (Man on Fire) and
Michael Costigan (American Gangster), as well as Relativity’s CEO Ryan
Kavanaugh (The Fighter).
Relativity Media will release the film theatrically in the
U.S. Red Granite, the Los Angeles based film production, finance and
international sales company has acquired foreign rights outside of the U.S. and
will handle international sales. Red Granite international President
Danny Dimbort and Co-President Christian Mercuri will begin shopping the film
to buyers in Cannes next month.
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films have earned 60 Oscar® nominations, including nods for The
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films have each generated more than $100 million in worldwide box-office
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