K.T Simpson
Millennium Media announced today that it will produce the action thriller feature The Bricklayer starring Aaron Eckhart (Thank You for Smoking, Bleed for This) with veteran action director Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger, Die Hard 2) set to direct from a screenplay by Hannah Weg (Septembers of Shiraz) and Matt Johnson (Into the Blue).
In The Bricklayer, someone is blackmailing the CIA – assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world begins to unite against the US, the CIA must lure its most brilliant – and rebellious – operative out of retirement, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy.
“The Bricklayer screenplay has the rare combination of well layered characters, intricate plotting and propulsive action. Having spent five years in China, I’m excited to be back making a high caliber Hollywood action thriller. If there’s something I learned from my three Chinese movies, it is the importance of deeply felt emotion. In Aaron Eckhart I have found a first class dramatic actor, who also has the physicality and charm to bring this iconic character to life,” said Harlin.
“This is an incredible opportunity to develop a strong new IP into a potential franchise. Renny Harlin knows how to execute big action, and Aaron Eckhart is such a versatile actor who will bring great depth to this character. We couldn’t be more excited to launch this film with our talented team,” said Tanner Mobley, Vice President of Development for Millennium Media.
The film is set to start production in March utilizing Millennium Media’s new Nu Boyana Greece-based production studio and its Nu Boyana Bulgarian-based production studio.
Producers are G-BASE, Eclectic Picture’s Heidi Jo Markel, Millennium Media’s Jeffrey Greenstein, Les Weldon, Jonathan Yunger, Yariv Lerner and Rob Van Norden. Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and Tanner Mobley from Millennium are executive producers.
