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Leading independent financing, production and sales company IM Global will fully finance DEAD MAN DOWN, to be produced by Neal H. Moritz’s Original Film and screenwriter J.H. Wyman of Frequency Films, it was announced today by IM Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford and Moritz.
Niels Arden Oplev (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”) will direct the $30 million action thriller, which stars Colin Farrell (“Total Recall”, ” Horrible Bosses”, “Miami Vice”, “S.W.A.T”.) and Noomi Rapace (“Prometheus”, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”).
Moritz (“The Fast and the Furious franchise”, “I Am Legend”, “XXX”) will produce alongside screenwriter J.H. Wyman (“Fringe”, “The Mexican”). Original’s Ori Marmur will executive produce with Reid Shane of Frequency.
Following the cinematic phenomenon “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, director Oplev and leading lady Rapace reunite for another thrilling tale of vengeance, with Colin Farrell joining the prestigious team as Victor, right hand man to an underground crime lord in New York City who is seduced and blackmailed by Beatrice (Rapace), a crime victim seeking retribution. Their intense chemistry leads them spiraling into payback delivered in violent catharsis.
DEAD MAN DOWN, a powerful action thriller and portrait of two people caught in the crosshairs of revenge, is scheduled to start shooting in early 2012.
