Emilia Jones (CODA) is about to star alongside Connie Britton and Zach Galifianakis within the upcoming darkish comedy biopic Winner. The film is being directed by Susanna Fogel, and it’s already began principal pictures.
After exposing Russia’s interference within the 2016 U.S. presidential election, “Actuality Winner was sentenced to 5 and a half years in jail — the longest sentence ever given to somebody charged underneath the Espionage Act — for leaking a authorities doc.”
The story follows Winner, “an excellent younger misfit from Texas who finds her morals challenged whereas serving within the U.S. Air Power and dealing as an NSA contractor. The movie will provide a contemporary tackle the standard whistleblower thriller; the coming-of-age story follows an idealistic younger lady persecuted for standing by her rules.”
Jones will play Winner, Connie Britton has been forged to play her mom, and Galifianakis will tackle the function of her father. Danny Ramirez (Prime Gun: Maverick) and Kathryn Newton (Freaky) additionally will star.
The movie is written by Kerry Howley and Fogel (Booksmart), and it’s based mostly on Howley’s 2017 New York Journal characteristic. Fogel stated in a press release:
“As a filmmaker, I attempt to inform tales that interrogate the world we stay in and the programs which are damaged in it. However in a enjoyable means. Actuality Winner is the proper heroine for a movie that meditates on concepts of private energy, morality, and discovering your voice. She’s a real particular person: she speaks many languages, she loves her weapons, she might destroy you on Twitter, and her obsession with Pikachu is unmatched. Clearly, she’s the proper mouthpiece for a technology of people who find themselves distinctive and fed up with feeling powerless. And there’s no yet another good to play her than Emilia Jones, some of the thrilling younger actresses working as we speak. I hope Actuality’s story will encourage others to talk up and defend their beliefs, no matter the price. I’m thrilled to accomplice with this workforce of artists and activists to convey this film to life.”
Shivani Rawat, founder and CEO of ShivHans Footage stated: “Once we first learn this highly effective script, we knew we needed to assist inform the story of Actuality Winner. I’ve all the time been a fan of Susanna Fogel and to work with this caliber of expertise to inform a feminine story is one thing we try to do at ShivHans. We’re wanting ahead to working in partnership with our associates at 1Community to convey this story to a large viewers.”
Producer Scott Budnick added: “Our firm’s mission is to seek out daring new takes on essentially the most urgent problems with our time, and nothing could possibly be extra pressing than defending the beliefs of democracy. Actuality Winner’s story is fascinating, courageous and well timed. We’re thrilled to affix our companions ShivHans Footage and couldn’t be extra excited for Susanna Fogel’s contemporary and comedic method in bringing this story to display screen.”
Does this sound like a movie you’d be all in favour of watching?
