Russell Crowe will play a former homicide detective tasked with re examining a brutal murder case from his past in Sleeping Dogs. The Nickel City Pictures film marks the directorial debut of Adam Cooper who wrote the script with Bill Collage. The film is an adaptation of E.O. Chirovicis acclaimed novel The Book of Mirrors. Cooper and Collage previously penned the scripts for Assassins Creed and Exodus: Gods and Kings.
Crowe played Roy Freeman, who is undergoing a cutting edge Alzheimers treatment. He is forced to grapple with the impact of an investigation from his former life after a death row inmate that Freeman arrested 10 years prior starts to proclaim his innocence. Intrigued and fighting to regain his memory Freeman enlists his former partner to help him revive the case and discover the truth. Together they set off to unravel a tangled web of secrets, forcing Freeman to make some horrific discoveries . Our memory of the past is what gives us context for who we are. A character who is bereft in this capacity comes with a very complex kind of humanity and theres no one better at embodying complex characters than Russell Crowe said Cooper.
Mark Fasano, president of Nickel City Pictures will produce alongside Cooper Collage and Pouya Shabazian of New Leaf Literary. Matthew Goldberg Cliff Roberts Highland Film Group CEO Arianne Fraser and COO Delphine Perrier and Ford Corbett will executive produce. Nickel City Pictures is partnering with Highland Film Group to launch worldwide sales at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
Principal photography is slated to begin in January 2023.Adam and Bills storytelling pedigree is really second to none and now having the opportunity to work with Adam at the helm will be a truly exciting journey for us all. Russell Crowe is a serial award winner a master of his craft and perfectly cast in the challenging role of Freeman in this unique and prestigious project. said Fasano.
Working again with such a magnificent actor as Russell is a dream come true. We are thrilled to team up with him for a second time in such a different and exciting role. He is a phenomenal performer and perfectly cast in Sleeping Dogs as the once brilliant detective whose memory has failed him said Fraser.Adam is a talented creator of unique and complex characters and Russell is the perfect actor to deliver a highly nuanced and commanding performance in the lead role as Roy Freeman. Our director Adam Coopers vision is a tense and compelling one full of suspense intrigue and so many twists and turns. We cannot wait to see it brought to life added Perrier.
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