Ewan McGregor is one of those actors some love and others hate, but he does tend to pick unusual and interesting projects (which is why some have been great and a lot have been dreadful). Now he has signed on to star in the crime thriller Son of a Gun, for Australian director Julius Avery.
The movie is about Australian’s most wanted criminal (McGregor), and the complex relationship he has with a young protege. The project will be shopped around to buyers at the American Film Market in November.
Julius Avery will direct from his own screenplay. It will be the filmmaker’s first feature-length project after he earned recognition for his short film Jerrycan, a Jury Prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival.
Aaron Gilbert is executive producing for Media House Capital, which is financing the picture with ScreenWest. Production will begin in early 2013, with shooting to take place in Perth and Kalgoorlie, Australia. (Source: Variety)
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