Murphy, Broadbent, Gleeson Get A ‘Bounty’ On Their Heads
Parallel Films and Number 9 Films are delighted to announce Cillian Murphy, Jim Broadbent and Brendan Gleeson have signed to star in Perrier's Bounty. The film will be directed by Ian Fitzgibbon (A Film With Me In It) from a script by Mark O'Rowe (Boy A, Intermission).Set in contemporary Dublin, Perrier's Bounty is a fast paced comedy-thriller featuring three unlikely fugitives on the run from gangster supremo, Perrier, who is desperate to retain his pride and cash after the accidental murder of one of his loyal gang. With only 24 hours to escape certain death, the trio must beat the clock, stay awake, and above all, pay Perrier's bounty.
Murphy (The Edge of Love, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Breakfast on Pluto, Red Eye, Batman Begins) is set to play the lead, with Broadbent (upcoming, Inkheart, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hot Fuzz, The Chronicles of Narnia) as his long-lost father. Gleeson (upcoming, Paul Greengrass' Greenzone, title role in HBO's Churchill, In Bruges, the Harry Potter films, Gangs of New York, 28 Days Later) will take the role of Perrier.
The film will be produced by Alan Moloney from Parallel Films and Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen from Number 9 Films, whose last production How To Lose Friends & Alienate People opened Number 1 at the box office in UK and Ireland and has grossed over $7m so far at the box office.
The film shoots from November 10th on location in Dublin, London and Louth in Ireland. It will be Ian Fitzgibbon's second feature following A Film With Me In It, which debuted successfully this weekend in Ireland.
Perrier's Bounty, a Parallel Films and Number 9 Films production with the participation of Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, Limelight and Premiere Picture. Optimum have taken UK and Irish rights. HanWay will handle worldwide sales at the forthcoming AFM.
HanWay Films' current slate includes ‘Franklyn' starring Eva Green, Sam Riley and Ryan Phillippe, Terence Davies' Of Time and the City. Upcoming films include ‘Creation' starring Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly, Scott Hicks' The Boys Are Back In Town starring Clive Owen, from Tiger Aspect, and Harry Brown starring Michael Caine, produced by MARV Films.