NORMAL Casts ‘Nobody’ Star Bob Odenkirk For Ben Wheatley Actioner
Bob Odenkirk will star in Normal, from Free Fire and The Meg 2 director, Ben Wheatley. The movie reteams Odenkirk with Nobody producer Marc Provissiero, and its screenwriter scribe Derek Kolstad who is also producing.
As Andrea Wiseman’s report at Deadline notes, Normal “follows the story of Ulysses (Odenkirk) who is thrust into the temporary role of the sheriff for the small sleepy town Normal after the previous one’s untimely death. When the town’s bank is robbed by an out-of-town couple, Ulysses arrives on scene to find that the town is hiding much more sinister deep-seated secrets under its surface and everyone – from the bartender to the priest – is in on it. And now Ulysses, who’s up-till-now focused only on running away from the demons of his past, must uncover the full extent of this criminal conspiracy.”
Best known as a comedic and drama fixture, Odenkirk grew popularity and posterity for his pivotal “Breaking Bad” crossover role in spin-off series, “Better Call Saul”. He proved to be a revelation among action cinema specialists and fans with Nobody, the Ilya Naishuller-directed 2021 thriller about a family man with a mysterious past brought back into the fray after crossing blows with the son of a Russian mob boss. Nobody was a box office hit for Universal Pictures, and sequel is expected to shoot later this year according to reports.
Normal has already sold to multiple territories globally since launching sales at EFM this year under WME Independent.
Read more at Deadline.
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