Actors Armie Hammer and Dev Patel are in negotiations to join Hotel Mumbai, a drama film centering around the 2008 terrorist attacks on the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. The screenplay, written by John Collee and Anthony Maras, was inspired by the documentary Surviving Mumbai, which told the story of the 68 hours in which hundreds of people were held hostage by armed Pakistani militants amidst the destruction of the hotel.
Also in negotiations are Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), Anupam Kher (Silver Linings Playbook), Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory), Teresa Palmer (The Choice), and Nazanin Boniadi (Homeland). Hotel Mumbai is set to go into production this August in India and Australia, with Anthony Maras set to direct the project.
Interestingly, a separate group of studios — StudioCanal and Kudos Film and TV — are creating a feature centering around the Mumbai attacks as well. That film will be adapted from “The Siege...
Also in negotiations are Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), Anupam Kher (Silver Linings Playbook), Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory), Teresa Palmer (The Choice), and Nazanin Boniadi (Homeland). Hotel Mumbai is set to go into production this August in India and Australia, with Anthony Maras set to direct the project.
Interestingly, a separate group of studios — StudioCanal and Kudos Film and TV — are creating a feature centering around the Mumbai attacks as well. That film will be adapted from “The Siege...
- 2/11/2016
- by Mitchel Broussard
- We Got This Covered
Sibling banners Shine Pictures and Lovely Day are officially becoming part of Kudos as part of a restructure in the Endemol Shine Group. Shine Pictures' MD Ollie Madden is taking up an exec producer role within Kudos, with the film label's development slate also moving over to Kudos. Current Shine Pictures projects include the Mumbai-set thriller The Siege, written by Anthony McCarten (Theory Of Everything) and to be directed by Justin Kurzel (Macbeth), which Deadline…...
- 11/11/2015
- Deadline TV
Sibling banners Shine Pictures and Lovely Day are officially becoming part of Kudos as part of a restructure in the Endemol Shine Group. Shine Pictures' MD Ollie Madden is taking up an exec producer role within Kudos, with the film label's development slate also moving over to Kudos. Current Shine Pictures projects include the Mumbai-set thriller The Siege, written by Anthony McCarten (Theory Of Everything) and to be directed by Justin Kurzel (Macbeth), which Deadline…...
- 11/11/2015
- Deadline
Coming off this year's vivid adaptation of "Macbeth," filmmaker Justin Kurzel is currently at work delivering what many hope to be the first great video game to movie adaptation with "Assassin's Creed".
However, the director is also readying what seems to be his next project - an adaptation of Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark's non-fiction book "The Siege: 68 Hours Inside The Taj Hotel" for Kudos and Shine Pictures.
The work recounts in detail the terrorist attack in 2008 on the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India by a group of heavily armed Pakistani militants. The story will follow ordinary tourists, under-siege employees and the terrorists themselves in this tale of the several day long incident which left thirty-one dead and many more injured.
Anthony McCarten ("The Theory Of Everything") is adapting the book and StudioCanal is circling to fully finance the project which aims to get going by the end...
However, the director is also readying what seems to be his next project - an adaptation of Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark's non-fiction book "The Siege: 68 Hours Inside The Taj Hotel" for Kudos and Shine Pictures.
The work recounts in detail the terrorist attack in 2008 on the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India by a group of heavily armed Pakistani militants. The story will follow ordinary tourists, under-siege employees and the terrorists themselves in this tale of the several day long incident which left thirty-one dead and many more injured.
Anthony McCarten ("The Theory Of Everything") is adapting the book and StudioCanal is circling to fully finance the project which aims to get going by the end...
- 11/5/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
In only five short years, Justin Kurzel will have explored the dark mystery of the Snowtown murders, delved into the depths of Old English text for a fierce Shakespearean adaptation, and soon a trip back in time with Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard et al. for Ubisoft Motion Pictures’ Assassin’s Creed feature film. It’s a markedly diverse palette for such a short period of time, and it looks as though the Australian filmmaker is set to circle back to reality for his next creative venture: a thriller based on the 2008 Taj Mahal terrorist attack.
Lifting inspiration from Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark’s real-life novel The Siege: 68 Hours Inside The Taj Hotel, Kurzel’s latest has set up shop at StudioCanal, who have instated The Theory of Everything scribe Anthony McCarten to adapt the source material for screen. Telling the horrific tale that unfolded around the famed Indian tourist destination seven years ago,...
Lifting inspiration from Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark’s real-life novel The Siege: 68 Hours Inside The Taj Hotel, Kurzel’s latest has set up shop at StudioCanal, who have instated The Theory of Everything scribe Anthony McCarten to adapt the source material for screen. Telling the horrific tale that unfolded around the famed Indian tourist destination seven years ago,...
- 11/4/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Whenever tragedy strikes, dramatizations as such in the media aren't far behind —though it's taken a few years, the 2008 terror attacks on The Taj Hotel are getting retold on the big screen. Nicolas Saada unveiled his take on the story with “Taj Mahal” featuring "Nymphomaniac" star Stacy Martin this year on the festival circuit, but it didn't get a great reception (read our review). So "Macbeth" and "The Snowtown Murders" director Justin Kurzel may fare better when he takes on the same subject matter. Read More: Cannes Review: Justin Kurzel's 'Macbeth,' Starring Michael Fassbender & Marion Cotillard Deadline reports that Kurzel will helm an adaptation of Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark’s "The Siege: 68 Hours Inside The Taj Hotel." Anthony McCarten ("The Theory Of Everything") will pen the screenplay for the project, which the trade says will be along the lines of Paul Greengrass' "Captain...
- 11/4/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Justin Kurzel is readying what looks likely to be his next project and it’s a humdinger: an adaptation of Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark’s book The Siege: 68 Hours Inside The Taj Hotel. The book recounts in terrifying detail the terrorist attack in 2008 on the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India by a group of heavily armed Pakistani militants. Anthony McCarten (The Theory Of Everything) is adapting the book with StudioCanal circling to fully finance…...
- 11/4/2015
- Deadline
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