EVE: A Roughed-Up Jessica Chastain Is Still Standing In The First Official Photo
Voltage Pictures is at the American Film Market and they’re shopping upcoming action thriller, Eve. Screendaily is presenting a first look at the film with actress and producer Jessica Chastain in her reunion with The Help helmer Tate Taylor since production began in September.
Eve (Jessica Chastain) is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, travelling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.
Buyers are also privy to exclusive footage of the film which, in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Taylor cites as his first action film, also noting that he had about three weeks of preparation before shooting. Chastain expressed her elation about the film’s vision as well as with having recently-cast actresses Joan Chen and Geena Davis.
“I love any type of film that turns a genre on its head.” says Chastain. “I like anything that goes against an expectation of what a female character is supposed to be. This film does that. I’m really excited to work with Geena and Joan Chen, who I think have been criminally underused over the past 20 years. It’s very upsetting.”
In a response to a later question, Chastain also somewhat teases her character’s kill count. “My character says early on that she’s been paid to kill 41 people. So it’s quite high!”; I say ‘somewhat’ so as to take this particular figure with a grain of salt provides Chastain and Taylor have more surprises in store for moviegoers.
Rounding out the cast are Colin Farrell, Common, John Malkovich and Falk Hentschel. The film hails as the first pic out of Freckle Films whose Chastain is producing along with partner Kelly Carmichael, and Voltage chief Nicolas Chartier and Dominic Rustam. Voltage president and COO Jonathan Deckter will serve as executive producer, and Babacar Diene is on board as co-producer.
Voltage Pictures is fully financing the pic and jointly repping worldwide sales, jointly representing the US with CAA.
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