Cannes Market: Cornish & Gleeson Form an Unlikely Pair in ‘An Ordinary Man’
Abbie Cornish and Brendan Gleeson will co-star in that rare thing these days, an original script. Brad Silberling, “The “City of Angels” and “Moonlight Mile” helmer, wrote and will direct dramatic thriller “An Ordinary Man,” which follows the unlikely relationship between a fictitious war criminal in hiding and his maid, who is his only human contact.
Silberling will also produce through his Reveal Entertainment, along with Disruptive Media, Chris Miller, James Burke and Michael Richter; David Lonner serves at exec producer.
The film will start production this fall in Belgrade, Serbia. Radiant Films International is shopping the film at Cannes. Radiant’s Mimi Steinbauer says: “Brad has written one of the smartest scripts I have read in a while. It’s an intelligent, complex story and a great character study of people in conflict.”
While Cornish played a supporting role in hit thriller “Limitless” starring Bradley Cooper, her other recent films — Zack Snyder’s “Sucker Punch” and Madonna’s “W.E.” — were critical and box office disappointments, especially compared to “Bright Star,” “Candy” and “Somersault,” in which she shined. Good things lie ahead for the Australian actress; she stars in drug-smuggling drama “The Girl,” which just debuted at Tribeca, and she’s wrapped production on “Seven Psychopaths,” from director Martin McDonagh (who directed Gleeson in “In Bruges”).
Gleeson’s turn in last year’s “The Guard” was a hit and garnered him a Golden Globe nomination, among others. He’s also recently appeared in “Safe House” and “The Raven.” Among his other projects in the works are Robert Redford’s “The Company You Keep,” “Calvary” with his “Guard” director John Michael McDonagh (the other McDonagh brother), and “At Swim-Two-Birds,” which he adapted from Flann O’Brien’s novel and plans to direct (the likes of Michael Fassbender, Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy and Gabriel Byrne have been linked to the project).
