Yahoo News Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy In Talks For Andy Serkis’ ‘Breathe’- Cannes
EXCLUSIVE– Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy are in talks to board Andy Serkis directorial effort Breathe. The story follows Robin (Garfield), handsome, brilliant and adventurous man with whole life is ahead of him before he is cruelly paralysed by polio. Foy will star as Robin’s wife Diana, whose devotion and determination transcend his disability. Together they refuse to be imprisoned by his suffering, travelling the world and transforming the lives of others with their humour, courage and lust for life. . William Nicholson (Gladiator) has written the script, which is generating buzz in the pre-sales market ahead of Cannes. Jonathan Cavendish, Serkis’ partner in The Imaginarium Studios, is producing. Embankment is planning on selling the film at Cannes.
Garfield is much in-demand. He has two major features in the pipelines with Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge, where he plays WWII U.S. Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who during the Battle of Okinawa refused to kill people. He became the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor; and Martin Scorsese’s Silence, the long-in-the-works historical epic about two Jesuit priests in the 17th century facing violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and propagate Christianity. Liam Neeson and Adam Driver star in that alongside Garfield.
Claire Foy is coming off the role of a lifetime as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’s $100 million event series The Crown, which follows Britain’s longest-serving monarch through a turbulent 20th century of events and into the latter days of her reign. Peter Morgan has created and written that show, with Left Bank Pictures producing.
Andrew Garfield is repped by Gordon and French and CAA. Claire Foy is repped by Independent Talent Group. Andy Serkis is repped by Lou Coulson Associates, CAA and Principal Entertainment LA.
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