Editorial Staff
Alicia Vikander will join the previously-attached Tom Hanks in “The Circle”, the feature adaptation of the Dave Eggers novel, financier Image Nation Abu Dhabi announced.
Written and directed by James Ponsoldt (”The Spectacular Now”), the film tells of a young woman who is hired for a big job in an Internet monopoly called the Circle, which links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. The book turns into contemporary thriller about the perils of life in a digital age where personal data is collected, sifted and monetized and used for surveillance, rendering privacy obsolete.
“The Circle is a fantastic modern day thriller that shines a light on the role of the Internet and our own identities in a world of increasing transparency and privacy issues,” says Michael Garin, CEO of Image Nation. “Image Nation is thrilled to be working with the Playtone team, as well as A Likely Story and James Ponsoldt, on its next international production… Image Nation’s international projects have helped subsidize and build our local industry here in Abu Dhabi and the region, while creating opportunities for our local talent to work on large scale international productions and this film will help continue that effort.”
Shooting will commence August in California.
Via ‘Coming Soon‘
