Pattinson is set to play Army interrogator Eric Maddox in "Mission: Blacklist."Based on the real life events that led to the capture of Saddam Hussein, the film is told from the perspective of the man who tracked and interrogated him – Eric Maddox. Seeing as Maddox famously said “There is nothing intelligent about torture”, Blacklist is being billed as a psychological thriller rather than a predictable action film
Preferred Content’s Ross M. Dinerstein is producing alongside Erik Jendresen and Kevin Waller.Erik Jendresen, who was a writer-supervising producer on HBO’s Band of Brothers, wrote the script adapting the book titled Mission: Black List #1: The Inside Story of the Search for Saddam Hussein -- As Told by the Soldier Who Masterminded His Capture. Deadline and Variety are reporting Jean-Stephane Sauvaire (Johnny Mad Dog, Matalo!, La Mule), as being “committed” to directing the movie,
The book was written by Eric Maddox, the Army interrogator who played a key role in pinpointing Hussein's hideout. Davin Seay co-wrote the book. Embankment Films, the international sales and distribution company recently launched by sales veterans Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar, will sell the film at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.Jean-Stephane Sauvaire is attached to direct.source
According to Deadline Rob will play the lead in "The Rover". Variety in their report below said Guy Pearse would play the lead.
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CONFIRMED: Robert Pattinson To Star In David Michod's THE ROVER
For a moment, Variety and Deadline were conflicting with which role Rob would play but everyone is in sync now. Rob will play Reynolds, "the brother of one of the thieves who is left behind when an encounter with the police goes very wrong".
From Deadline:
Robert Pattinson has been cast as one of the leads in David Michod’s The Rover. The film chronicles a man who relentless pursues a gang who stole his car through the wild and rough Australian outback of the near future. Pattinson, best known for playing Edward in the Twilight franchise, will play Reynolds, the brother of one of the thieves who is left behind when an encounter with the police goes very wrong. Guy Pearce co-stars in the film as the man in search of his car. David Linde’s Lava Bear and Liz Watts’ Porchlight are producing the film. Pattinson was just attached to star in Jean-Stephane Sauvaire’s Mission Blacklist, and he also toplines the David Cronenberg-directed Cosmopolis that is in competition at this month’s Cannes Film Festival. David Michod is repped by UTA, Australian Agent Jane Cameron at Cameron Cresswell and attorney Alan Wertheimer. UTA Independent Film Group is representing The Rover for sale. Pattinson is repped by WME, 3 Arts, and Curtis Brown.
From Variety:
After taking his time in finding a follow up to "Animal Kingdom," helmer David Michod has settled on "Rover," with Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce currently in negotiations to star. Pearce will play a man who pursues a group of men who stole his car through the wild and rugged Australian Outback. Pattinson will play one of the thieves. Michod also co-wrote the script, based on an idea he and "Animal Kingdom" star Joel Edgerton originated. David Linde will produce along with Liz Watts through Linde's Lava Bear banner and Watts' Porchlight Films. Lava Bear prexy Tory Metzger will oversee the production. Pearce has stayed busy with strong supporting roles in films like "Prometheus" and "Lawless," and is also in negotiations to join the cast of Marvel's "Iron Man 3," as Variety first reported April 20. As for Pattinson, the role marks another project the "Twilight" thesp pursued because of the creative powers behind it as opposed to commercial appeal. He can be seen next in David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis" which will preem in Cannes and also attached himself to star in "Mission: Blacklist." Pattinson is repped by WME, Curtis Brown and 3 Arts. Pearce is repped by CAA, Independent Talent Group and Shanahan Management.
Robert Pattinson spoke with Premiere France about his newly announced project Mission: Blacklist, which follows the true story an interrogator as he leads the charge to find Saddam Hussein.
Robert Pattinson, who is bound to suprise a lot of people in three weeks when Cosmopolis will be presented at Cannes, doesn’t seem to want to stop there yet. The ‘adult’ turn the star is taking will go further with Mission: Blacklist, the new movie by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, director of the impressive Johnny Mad Dog in 2008. The movie is a thriller inspired by Eric Maddox’s book, the military interrogator who was the brain of the operation that lead to the capture of Saddam Hussein in December 2003. Erik Jendresen, screenwriter for Band of Brothers is in charge of the adaptation, with a shooting that should be starting in the Fall.
“We’re going to do some scout locations in Iraq soon.”
“As Jean-Stéphane is used to work with non professional actors, I thought I had no chance of getting the role,” Robert Pattinson told us recently. “But we met a few times and we clicked. He found a fascinating way to deal with this subject. It’s weird because it’s a movie about war but it’s essentially focusing on the interrogations. The language and the barriers he could create played an important role. But it’s essentially the story of a true soldier, Eric Maddox, with whom we’re leaving for Iraq soon for some scouting”
“Jean-Stéphane is truly surprising” says Pattinson. “He has talent when it comes to meeting people. Like, for example, out of nowhere, he got to spend some time with the Iraqi Minister of Culture. He also got to meet this guy who was a former chief of the Hussein clan and he was really close to him. I asked him: ‘How do you get to meet a man like that?’ He said he met him in a bar in Paris!”
After Johnny Mad Dog, immersed in the every day life of extremely violent kids – turned soldiers – in Liberia, Sauvaire seems to have found a new subject cut out for his explosive film making technics. “Johnny Mad Dog was an extremely strong piece, that possessed a truly documentary value, while still being cinematic,” says Pattinson with enthusiasm. “I cannot wait to work with him on Mission: Blacklist. It’s going to be a f***ing good movie.”
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