Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, Jeremy Renner and David Morse have boarded Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker, which is currently filming in Jordan.
Brian Geraghty and Anthony Mackie also star in the ensemble drama, Bigelow's first feature since 2002's Russian submarine thriller K-19: The Widowmaker.
The Hurt Locker follows the daily struggle of three soldiers in an elite bomb disposal unit and is based on a screenplay that Bigelow co-wrote with war correspondent Mark Boal. Boal and Paul Haggis co-wrote In The Valley Of Elah, which screens here on Monday.
Voltage Pictures is selling foreign rights here and put together the financing with the film's domestic representatives CAA. Bigelow, Boal, Voltage co-founder Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro are producing.
'Being on the bomb squad is just about the most dangerous job in the world these days,' Bigelow said. 'The mortality rate is significantly higher than any other combat arms branch, yet every man who does it is a volunteer.'
'It's an extremely realistic, suspenseful script about this elite bomb squad,' Chartier added. 'Kathryn is an amazing action director and Mark's script is just so intense. We're extremely excited to handle this film.'
Bigelow, Boal, and Shapiro are represented by CAA. Voltage' sales slate here includes George A Romero's Diary of The Dead, crime thriller Tortured with Laurence Fishburne, and thriller While She Was Out with Kim Basinger.
Buoyed by a welcoming Royal Film Commission and a border with Iraq that lends authenticity to the landscape, Jordan has become Hollywood's go-to Middle Eastern location. The country recently hosted the shoots of Brian De Palma's Redacted and Nick Broomfield's Battle For Haditha, both screening in Toronto.
Brian Geraghty and Anthony Mackie also star in the ensemble drama, Bigelow's first feature since 2002's Russian submarine thriller K-19: The Widowmaker.
The Hurt Locker follows the daily struggle of three soldiers in an elite bomb disposal unit and is based on a screenplay that Bigelow co-wrote with war correspondent Mark Boal. Boal and Paul Haggis co-wrote In The Valley Of Elah, which screens here on Monday.
Voltage Pictures is selling foreign rights here and put together the financing with the film's domestic representatives CAA. Bigelow, Boal, Voltage co-founder Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro are producing.
'Being on the bomb squad is just about the most dangerous job in the world these days,' Bigelow said. 'The mortality rate is significantly higher than any other combat arms branch, yet every man who does it is a volunteer.'
'It's an extremely realistic, suspenseful script about this elite bomb squad,' Chartier added. 'Kathryn is an amazing action director and Mark's script is just so intense. We're extremely excited to handle this film.'
Bigelow, Boal, and Shapiro are represented by CAA. Voltage' sales slate here includes George A Romero's Diary of The Dead, crime thriller Tortured with Laurence Fishburne, and thriller While She Was Out with Kim Basinger.
Buoyed by a welcoming Royal Film Commission and a border with Iraq that lends authenticity to the landscape, Jordan has become Hollywood's go-to Middle Eastern location. The country recently hosted the shoots of Brian De Palma's Redacted and Nick Broomfield's Battle For Haditha, both screening in Toronto.
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