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Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgard Flit To Kim Nguyen’s ‘The Hummingbird Project’ – Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: War Witch and Two Lovers And A Bear director Kim Nguyen is prepping his follow-up, The Hummingbird Project, with Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard set to star in the high-speed drama. Written by Nguyen and produced by Pierre Even of Item 7 in Montreal, the project is exec produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Loving) and Fred Berger (La La Land) of Automatik. Production is slated to begin in Montreal in October with HanWay handling international sales. CAA is on domestic.
Described as a modern epic, the pic centers on cousins from New York, Vincent and Anton, who are players in the high-stakes game of High Frequency Trading, where winning is measured in nanoseconds. Their dream is to build a fiber-optic cable straight between Kansas and New Jersey, making them millions. But nothing is straightforward for this flawed pair. Anton is the brains, Vincent is the hustler, and together they push each other and everyone around them to the breaking point. Breathing down their necks is their old boss Paul Raulston, a psychopathic trader who will stop at nothing to see them fail.
Eisenberg, who starred in last year’s Now You See Me 2 and Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, led last year’s Cannes opening film, Café Society. Upcoming, he is teaming with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Prods for The Market, a half-hour single-camera comedy series, which he is writing and will be starring in and directing. He also reprises his Lex Luthor role in Justice League later this year.
Skarsgard, who recently appeared in the HBO limited series Big Little Lies, will next be seen starring in Duncan Jones’ Mute opposite Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux. He also recently wrapped production on The Aftermath starring opposite Keira Knightley, and Jeremy Saulnier’s Hold The Dark.
Nguyen was Oscar nominated for 2012’s War Witch; his Two Lovers And A Bear ran in Directors’ Fortnight last year — he has previously been a Deadline Director to Watch. He says The Hummingbird Project is at its core “an adventure with heart and soul. When I started writing the story I immediately thought that it had a really, really cool plot, and that there was a genuine purpose for bringing it to the screen. Jesse and Alexander are the ideal duo for this project, I couldn’t be more thrilled.”
Nguyen, Eisenberg and Skarsgard are all repped by CAA. Eisenberg is also represented by Felker, Toczek, Suddleson & Abramson. Skarsgård is also represented by Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller.
source: https://deadline.com/2017/05/jesse-...en-the-hummingbird-project-cannes-1202086738/
EXCLUSIVE: War Witch and Two Lovers And A Bear director Kim Nguyen is prepping his follow-up, The Hummingbird Project, with Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard set to star in the high-speed drama. Written by Nguyen and produced by Pierre Even of Item 7 in Montreal, the project is exec produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Loving) and Fred Berger (La La Land) of Automatik. Production is slated to begin in Montreal in October with HanWay handling international sales. CAA is on domestic.
Described as a modern epic, the pic centers on cousins from New York, Vincent and Anton, who are players in the high-stakes game of High Frequency Trading, where winning is measured in nanoseconds. Their dream is to build a fiber-optic cable straight between Kansas and New Jersey, making them millions. But nothing is straightforward for this flawed pair. Anton is the brains, Vincent is the hustler, and together they push each other and everyone around them to the breaking point. Breathing down their necks is their old boss Paul Raulston, a psychopathic trader who will stop at nothing to see them fail.
Eisenberg, who starred in last year’s Now You See Me 2 and Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, led last year’s Cannes opening film, Café Society. Upcoming, he is teaming with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Prods for The Market, a half-hour single-camera comedy series, which he is writing and will be starring in and directing. He also reprises his Lex Luthor role in Justice League later this year.
Skarsgard, who recently appeared in the HBO limited series Big Little Lies, will next be seen starring in Duncan Jones’ Mute opposite Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux. He also recently wrapped production on The Aftermath starring opposite Keira Knightley, and Jeremy Saulnier’s Hold The Dark.
Nguyen was Oscar nominated for 2012’s War Witch; his Two Lovers And A Bear ran in Directors’ Fortnight last year — he has previously been a Deadline Director to Watch. He says The Hummingbird Project is at its core “an adventure with heart and soul. When I started writing the story I immediately thought that it had a really, really cool plot, and that there was a genuine purpose for bringing it to the screen. Jesse and Alexander are the ideal duo for this project, I couldn’t be more thrilled.”
Nguyen, Eisenberg and Skarsgard are all repped by CAA. Eisenberg is also represented by Felker, Toczek, Suddleson & Abramson. Skarsgård is also represented by Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller.
source: https://deadline.com/2017/05/jesse-...en-the-hummingbird-project-cannes-1202086738/
Sounds interesting. And if he films everything he's scheduled for, he'll have filmed 6 films by the end of the year.
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Thanks, Jooa.
From ASN:
A behind-the-scenes video of Alex’s recent photo shoot (May 6, 2017) for Variety’s upcoming Emmy issue shared by his stylist, Jeanne Yang on instagram (May 9, 2017):
https://www.instagram.com/p/BT5T25jFqBh/?taken-by=jeanneyangstyle
“Recent shoot with #alexander skarsgard in @Margarethowellltd sweater layered over @theory t shirt @acnestudios jeans and @tods driving loafers for the upcoming issue @variety Emmy issue grooming by @jamie_grooming styling by @jeanneyangstyle #biglittlelies #BTS.”
-jeanneyangstyle instagram
From ASN:
A behind-the-scenes video of Alex’s recent photo shoot (May 6, 2017) for Variety’s upcoming Emmy issue shared by his stylist, Jeanne Yang on instagram (May 9, 2017):
https://www.instagram.com/p/BT5T25jFqBh/?taken-by=jeanneyangstyle
“Recent shoot with #alexander skarsgard in @Margarethowellltd sweater layered over @theory t shirt @acnestudios jeans and @tods driving loafers for the upcoming issue @variety Emmy issue grooming by @jamie_grooming styling by @jeanneyangstyle #biglittlelies #BTS.”
-jeanneyangstyle instagram
I know she's styled him on a few things, but am not assuming Jeanne Yang is his stylist, rather, she got this job. Distinction being, I can't see him saying he has a stylist and, second, her work and fashion line with Katie Holmes is so blech that I hope they aren't attached...
She has styled him for a lot of things - last year's and this year's Met Gala, The Fashion Awards he presented at last year, and the Tarzan promo events. Those are just the things I'm aware of.
The presumption was that WB hired her for last year's LOT promotion. As HBO is part of WB/T-W they, or his management, may be using her for BLL promo stuff, since they're familiar with her. I think they, and he, can do better.
I think it's strictly work-related styling only. I hope so, I can't see Alex being the type who needs a stylist to go to a festival.
I wonder that as well. Though if he paid for those baggy slacks he wore to WOW I'm questioning his taste!
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I'm sure there was a clothing allowance for Tarzan promotion. He really hasn't worn much of it since. He probably got to keep the clothes because really what else would they do with them, especially the pants. The clothes look like his own wardrobe for the Variety shoot, though it would have been nice if they dressed him in the tennis getup from BLL
The stylist who posted the short video of his shoot for the Emmy's tagged all the designers for all items of clothing he was wearing. So they are probably given by the designers to the stylistI'm sure there was a clothing allowance for Tarzan promotion. He really hasn't worn much of it since. He probably got to keep the clothes because really what else would they do with them, especially the pants. The clothes look like his own wardrobe for the Variety shoot, though it would have been nice if they dressed him in the tennis getup from BLL
I am sure the Jeanne lady is hired by his team for official photoshoots and appearances. Alex does not look like he would hire a stylist for his personal stuff. And Alexa can help him out with his outfits for free! LOLThe presumption was that WB hired her for last year's LOT promotion. As HBO is part of WB/T-W they, or his management, may be using her for BLL promo stuff, since they're familiar with her. I think they, and he, can do better.
I think it's strictly work-related styling only. I hope so, I can't see Alex being the type who needs a stylist to go to a festival.
I wonder that as well. Though if he paid for those baggy slacks he wore to WOW I'm questioning his taste!
I'm sure there was a clothing allowance for Tarzan promotion. He really hasn't worn much of it since. He probably got to keep the clothes because really what else would they do with them, especially the pants. The clothes look like his own wardrobe for the Variety shoot, though it would have been nice if they dressed him in the tennis getup from BLL
The loafers I think are from the promo tour, the rest, especially the Acne jeans, are probably his.
Do you mean in terms of getting freebies or advice on what/how to wear stuff? Because aside from what he's worn for promo stuff he still dresses pretty much the same as he has for years. Not that she wouldn't give advice, but I'm not sure he really needs it.