Two Hollywood actors are joining forces together. Ben Stiller and Oscar Isaac. They are set to work on Lionsgate thriller ‘London’ which is based on a short story/high concept thriller. Jo Nesbo who is a best-selling crime writer had written the story.
Eric Roth, known for writing screenplays for films such as Forrest Gump, Insider, Munich, The curious case of Benjamin Button and A star is born, is going to adapt the short story for the film.
The rights to the story were obtained by Oscar through his production company Mad Gene Media. He further got Stiller and Roth to develop the film. While Stiller will direct the film, Oscar is going to act in it.
Not just limited to directing, Ben Stiller is also going to produce the film with his partner Nicky Weinstock. Red Hour Production banner is Ben’s production company which will produce the film.
Lionsgate which is the major producer of the film, in a released statement through their president Erin Westerman. In his statement Erin said:
“This is an incredible team of filmmaking that has come together for this project. Eric is a master storyteller whose screenplays are canonized in film history; Ben’s work as a filmmaker, including his latest accomplishment, Escape at Dannemora,’ is astounding; Oscar is a force in all that he does, both behind and in front of the camera.”
He further added,
“As Eric adapts Jo Nesbo’s evocative and memorable short story into an incredible film, we’re confident that Ben will bring all of the tension and emotion in directing London’ and Oscar will not only give a riveting and dynamic performance, but as the producer leading the process to bring this team together, has an incredible energy and passion for the material”
Jo Nesbo also serves as the executive producer.