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Liam Neeson is starring in a movie adjustment of the political thriller novelCharlie Johnson in the Flames . The picture show is one of several notable projects that will be usable for potential distributors to bid on at the Cannes Film Festival begin next workweek . It joinsJake Gyllenhaal ’s Leonard Bernstein biopicThe AmericanandJessica Chastain ’s all - distaff spy adventure355on the list of gamey - visibility movies that are up for the bidding at this year ’s Cannes event .
The bookCharlie Johnson in the Flameswas written by former Canadian politician Michael Ignatieff ( his 2d published novel ) and was publish in Fall 2003 . Ignatieff ’s Bible follows American journalist Charlie Johnson as he travels to the Balkans to insure the wartime violence there , only to see the horrid end of an devoid fair sex at the hands of a Serbian officeholder . As Johnson attempts to squirm with what he saw , he sets out to expose the true statement and wind up ensnared in a web of depravity and murder that provide him question everything he thought he believed .
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grant toDeadline , theCharlie Johnsonmovie will change things up by making the nominal character ( Neeson ) a BBC correspondent who witness the death of a woman while covering an on-going civil war in the Congo . 30WEST ( I , Tonya ) is financing the film , though so far Neeson is the only stamp member onboard . The adaptedCharlie Johnsonscript was written by Justin Haythe and has Swedish director Tarik Saleh attached to direct .
Saleh antecedently come through the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema - Dramatic for his crime thrillerThe Nile Hilton Incidentat the 2017 Sundance Film Festival . More of late , he made the jump to cable television and directed an episode ofWestworldseason 2 ( one which has not yet aired ) . Haythe , for his part , has written several different writing style pic over that last decade ; include , a catamenia drama ( Revolutionary Road ) , a mod action / drama ( Snitch ) , an quirky horse opera ( The Lone Ranger ) , a horror / thriller by way of dark fairy story ( A remedy for Wellness ) , and most recently Jennifer Lawrence ’s undercover agent thrillerRed Sparrow .
While Neeson quicklywent back on his " retirement " from natural process movieslast year , Charlie Johnsonappears to be part of the actor ’s larger effort to leave his days of punching lawbreakers and terrorist behind him . Along with Saleh ’s striking thriller , Neeson ’s forthcoming projects include12 Years a Slavedirector Steve McQueen ’s heist drama / thrillerWidows , the Coen Brothers ' Netflix western seriesThe Ballard of Buster Scruggs , and the amorous dramaNormal People(costarringPhantom Thread ’s Lesley Manville ) . That does n’t think of Neeson will never practice his particular set of accomplishment again , but for the clock time being it seems he ’s focalize on motion-picture show and idiot box show that do n’t postulate him to slap evil - doers empty-headed .
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Source : Deadline
