With Kathryn Bigelow currently planning to shoot her Zero Dark Thirty follow-up, a drama on the Detroit riots, this summer, she’s now found her star. Following the recent release of Bridgend, star Hannah Murray (Game of Thrones) is in talks to team up with the director, The Wrap reports. The crime drama focuses on one of the most destructive riots in America’s history, the 1967 Detroit riots. The riots took place over 5 days in the summer of 196 and the film is expected to explore the discrimination behind the protests. The script was written by Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) and we can expect a 2017 release in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the incident.
After working together on The Lobster, Colin Farrell is set to reteam with director Yorgos Lanthimos, Variety reports. He’s joined The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, which is expected to begin shooting this summer. Described as a “psychological thriller with supernatural elements,” the plot follows “a young man that needs to take revenge, a doctor that has to make a decision, and his family that must survive.” Presumably, Farrell will be planning the doctor, a surgeon who gets involved in the young man’s family. Deadline also reports that A24, who will distribute The Lobster this Friday, has picked up the film.
Another director is also planning a film based on historic riots. Deniz Gamze Ergüven, coming off her Oscar-nominated drama Mustang, will direct Kings, which will depict the 1992 Los Angeles riots, resulting in 55 deaths and thousands of injuries. While much of the cast is currently being worked out, Halle Berry is on board as a mother living in the South Central area. “Like Mustang, it’s the story of a family, mixing light-hearted moments with drama in a tough environment. It’s a fantastic script. You see the tension rise,” producer Vincent Maraval tells Screen Daily.