Farrell, Harris in final talks to star "The Way Back"

[Dark Donnie]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117998244.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Cast on 'Way' to Weir
Farrell, Harris in final talks to star in film
By MICHAEL FLEMING

Director Peter Weir will find "The Way Back" with Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess and Saoirse Ronan.

The thesps are in final negotiations to star for Weir in the fact-based story of a group of soldiers who engineered a grueling escape from a Siberian gulag in 1942.

Weir wrote the script, based on the memoir by Slavomir Rawicz. Farrell plays a tough, tattooed Russian; Harris an American; and Sturgess portrays a young Polish inmate. Ronan will play a Russian on the run who meets up with the fugitives.

The film will begin production in March in Bulgaria, financed by producer Spitfire Pictures through its Cyrte Investments-backed holding company HS Media. The film is the first Weir has directed since 2003's "Master and Commander."

Weir is producing with Joni Levin, Duncan Henderson, Spitfire's Nigel Sinclair and Scott Rudin. Keith Clarke, John Ptak and Guy East are executive producers along with Simon Oakes and Jonathan Schwartz.

Farrell, who is Golden Globe-nominated for his performance in "In Bruges," most recently completed the Neil Jordan-directed "Ondine," the Terry Gilliam-directed "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" and the Danis Tanovic-directed "Triage." Harris, who directed and starred in "Appaloosa," just starred in the Ash Adams-directed "Once Fallen.

Sturgess, who most recently toplined "21," will next be seen in the Wayne Kramer-directed "Crossing Over." Ronan just starred in the Peter Jackson-directed "The Lovely Bones."

Cast is pretty solid

 

[Hunter Rider]

I like a good prison escape movie and this has extra WWII bite, good cast as well, hope Farrell can pull a decent Russian accent off.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/articl...e-sounds-hesitant-about-his-filmmaking-future

 

[hugekent]

This and The Tree of Life are my most anticipated. Love Weir, love Harris and I've come to appreciate Farrell more and more lately. Ronan and Sturgess are great talents. Russel Boyd doing the photography. Sounds good to me.

 

[Laderlappen]

Yeah this is one of my most anticipated too.

 

[BigSams50]

Its not one of my most anticipated, but its getting there. I havnt seen Harris in a movie sence Appaloosa, so i'm looking forward to seeing him in this

 

[Bunker]

I'm reading the book this is based on right now. It's ****ing fantastic. This is easily my most anticipated movie coming out this fall/winter.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsG09e3R6qU

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/10/28...ohn-cameron-mitchells-rabbit-hole/#more-91553

 

[Hunter Rider]

New Trailer for Peter Weir's The Way Back ​

 

[hugekent]

I've read a number of reviews highlighting Farrell's performance but so far we've seen nothing of it in the trailers. Not much of Harris or Ronan either, more a big picture type advertising campaign. Not that that's a bad thing.

 

[Laderlappen]

I've read a number of reviews highlighting Farrell's performance but so far we've seen nothing of it in the trailers. Not much of Harris or Ronan either, more a big picture type advertising campaign. Not that that's a bad thing.

Yeah you dont really get to see much of the performances in the trailer. Which makes it very difficult to guess how good the movie will be. It looks stunning though.