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two actors join director Michael Almereyda’s re-interpretation of the William
Shakespeare play Cymbeline. Yelchin and Johnson will star opposite Ed Harris,
Penn Badgley, Ethan Hawke and recently cast Milla Jovovich in the film.
Press
Release:
Los
Angeles, CA (August 12, 2013) – Anton Yelchin (STAR TREK) and Dakota Johnson
(21 JUMP STREET) join a cast which includes Ethan Hawke, Ed Harris and Milla
Jovovich in writer/director Michael Almereyda’s modern day adaption of
Shakespeare’s timeless play CYMBELINE produced by Anthony Katagas (12 YEARS A
SLAVE, THE IMMIGRANT, KILLING THEM SOFTLY) for Keep Your Head Productions and
Michael Benaroya (MARGIN CALL, KILL YOUR DARLINGS), who will fully finance the
film through his banner Benaroya Pictures. Ben Sachs of Benaroya Pictures will
executive produce the film, with International Film Trust (IFT), Benaroya’s
foreign sales arm, handling all international rights to the film.
Set
to start principal photography on August 19, 2013 in New York City, CYMBELINE
unfolds as an epic battle between dirty cops and a drug dealing biker gang set
in a corruption-riddled 21st century America.
In the vein of Sons of Anarchy and in the style of ROMEO + JULIET,
CYMBELINE is a fresh take on a universal story of love, betrayal and revenge.
Yelchin,
best known for his role as Chekov in the reboot of STAR TREK, will be playing
Cloten, the son of the Queen (Jovovich) by a former husband and Johnson will
play Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline (Harris) from a previous marriage.
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