On the eve of EFM in Berlin, Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to the new feature adaptation of the Eugene O’Neill stage classic Long Day’s Journey Into Night starring Ed Harris and Jessica Lange.
Jonathan Kent, the acclaimed British theatre and opera director and former joint artistic director of the Almeida Theatre, makes his feature debut and directed from an adapted screenplay by David Lindsay-Abaire, who scripted Rabbit Hole. Kent directed Lange in the 2016 Broadway production.
Long Day’s Journey Into Night will screen for buyers in Berlin and receives its world premiere at Dublin International Film Festival later this month before screening at Glasgow Film Festival.
The tragedy centres on a day in the life of the Tyrone family, led by the drunk patriarch and his morphine-addicted wife. Rounding out the cast are Ben Foster, Colin Morgan, Ericka Roe, Lesa Thurman, and Derek Carroll.
The production from Brouhaha Entertainment, London-based BK Studios, Four Provinces Films, Magnolia Mae Films and Fetisoff Illusion is produced by Gabrielle Tana, the late Bill Kenwright, Gleb Fetisov, Lindsay-Abaire, Redmond Morris, and Carolyn Marks Blackwood. David Gilbery and Naomi George handled executive producer duties.
Blue Fox Entertainment president Lisa Gutberlet said, “Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece really comes to life in this powerful and emotionally charged adaptation, led by the iconic duo Jessica Lange and Ed Harris.
“With standout performances and masterful direction by renowned theatre director Jonathan Kent, this prestige ensemble film is poised for major festivals, awards recognition, and international theatrical success.”
Blue Fox’s Berlin sales slate includes family sci-fi adventure Xeno on which Kevin Hart serves as producer, and Tubi Original YA romance The Bad Boy And Me 2 starring TikTok celebrity Noah Beck, Siena Agudong, Drew Ray Tanner, and James Van Der Beek.
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