EFM 2017: Bart Layton To Direct Daring Heist Thriller, AMERICAN ANIMALS
Announcements from Berlin continue to roll out on Thursday with Sierra/Affinity pushing international sales at the European Film Market for heist thriller, American Animals, which is currently slated to start filming this year in North America. The film marks multi-acclaimed, BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Bart Layton’s feature debut following his previous accolades on the celebrated 2012 documentary, The Imposter, which he shares with producer Dimitri Donagis. The two will be pairing once again for the film which aims to take the thrill of the heist genre and turn it inside out, blurring the line between truth and fiction in a wild story of money, movies and the search for meaning. Largely inspired by the unbelieveable-yet-true story, American Animals focuses on four young men who, in the mistaken view of their lives as a movie, set out to attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history. Sundance 2016 Breakout Star, […]