A PRAYER FOR THE DYING: Survival Thriller With Johnny Flynn And John C. Reilly Underway, Heading To TIFF Market In September
Johnny Flynn (Ripley, One Life, Beast) and John C. Reilly (Step Brothers, Holmes & Watson) are set to star together in survival thriller, A Prayer For The Dying, from writer/director Dara Van Dusen. Production is already underway as of earlier this month with cameras rolling outside Bratislava, Slovakia.
A Prayer for the Dying is based on the novel by Stewart O’Nan. It takes place in 1870 in Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussion of the recent Civil War. When faced with a new and even deadlier threat, one man is forced to make a harrowing choice: save his young family or defend the community that gave him a second chance at life and meaning.
Flynn will play the lead role of Jacob Hansen, the sheriff responsible for the safety of the town hit by a natural disaster, with Reilly starring as the town’s doctor. The cast also lists Scandinavian actors Kristine Kujath Thorp (Ninjababy, Sick of Myself) and Gustav Lindh (The Northman, Queen of Hearts).
Anton and New Europe Film Sales announced the film on Tuesday with plans to set up shop for the pic at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) market next month.
The film is produced by Dyveke Bjørkly Graver and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar for Eye Eye Pictures and, whose credits include Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World, and Kristoffer Borgli’s Sick of Myself. Co-producers include Mimmi Spång for Garagefilm International, Tristan Goligher for The Bureau, Vicky Miha for Asterisk*, Fenia Cossovitsa for Blonde Audiovisual Productions, Film i Väst and John Baker. It has been supported by Creative Europe, Norwegian Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute, UK Global Screen Fund and Greek Film Center.
“I’m completely delighted to be a part of this amazing project with such wonderful, talented people. Dara’s adaptation of the powerful novel by Stewart O’Nan is a thing of delicate, eerie beauty. A dark and foreboding tale – which although set in the past, seems incredibly prescient for the off-kilter times we live in,” said Flynn.
“It is absolutely surreal to not only have been given the opportunity to adapt and direct my favorite novel, but to also work together with my favorite actors to bring it to life,” said Van Dusen. “Johnny and John are just incredible. It’s all a dream.”
“Watching Dara’s riveting script realized with this astonishing cast is all I could have wished for. Filming here in Slovakia, with our great team, has been a wonderful experience so far and I’m looking so much forward to share this film with the audience,” added Graver.
Johnny Flynn is represented by United Agents and CAA, John C. Reilly is represented by CAA and Framework Entertainment. Kristine Kujath Thorp and Gustav Lindh are both represented by Agentfirman and Aleksandra Mandic.
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