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SLEEPING DOGS Awaken The Intrigue In The Official Trailer

The official trailer is now online for Sleeping Dogs, the new murder mystery crime drama from Adam Cooper. Russell Crowe leads the cast along with Karen Gillan, Márton Csókás, Thomas M. Wright, Harry Greenwood, and Tommy Flanagan, from a script by Cooper and co-scribe Bill Collage, based on the work of “The Book Of Mirrors” author E.O. Chirovici. An ex-homicide detective (Russell Crowe) with memory loss is forced to solve a brutal murder he can’t recall. But as evidence uncovers secrets tied to his forgotten past, he is led to a chilling truth – sometimes, it’s best to let sleeping dogs lie. Sleeping Dogs opens in theaters on March 22 from The Avenue.

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SLEEPING DOGS: Check Out Russell Crowe And Tommy Flanagan In A First Look At The New Crime Thriller

Adam Cooper’s crime thriller debut, Sleeping Dogs, gets a first look this weekend out of Cannes as Highland Film Group and Nickel City Pictures handle world sales. The new photo features Russell Crowe and Tommy Flanagan who lead the cast from a script by Cooper and co-scribe Bill Collage (Assassins Creed, Exodus: Gods and Kings). Adapted frim E.O. Chirovici’s critically acclaimed novel, “The Book of Mirrors,” Crowe plays ex-homicide detective Roy Freeman. In the wake of a cutting-edge Alzheimer’s treatment, Freeman is tasked with re-examining a brutal murder case from his past – the grisly murder of a college professor. Intrigued and fighting to regain his memory, Roy enlists his former partner (Flanagan) to help him revive the investigation. This time though, things unfold very differently when they encounter a magnetic and mysterious woman: as he uncovers a tangled web of contradictions and secrets, Roy is forced to face a […]

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SLEEPING DOGS: Karen Gillan And More Cast For Russell Crowe-Led Oz Crime Pic

Cameras have begun rolling in Australia for crime thriller, Sleeping Dogs, casting Karen Gillan to join the Russell Crowe starrer from Nickel City Pictures partnering and Highland Film Group. Casting additions also include Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Harry Greenwood (The Nightingale) and Thomas M. Wright (Universal Pictures’ Everest). Adam Cooper makes his directorial debut on the pic from a script he wrote alongside Bill Collage following their work on Assassins Creed, and Exodus: Gods and Kings. Mark Fasano of Nickel City Pictures produces next to Cooper and Collage, along with Deborah Glover and Pouya Shabazian of New Leaf Literary. Matthew Goldberg and Cliff Roberts are exec producing, in addition to Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier and Ford Corbett whose Highland will rep world sales at EFM. Based on E.O. Chirovici’s critically acclaimed novel, “The Book of Mirrors,” Crowe plays homicide detective Roy Freeman, who in the wake […]

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SLEEPING DOGS: Russell Crowe To Star In New Nickel City Crime Thriller Adaptation

Assassins Creed and Exodus: Gods and Kings scribes Adam Cooper and Bill Collage are on track for upcoming novel adaptation, Sleeping Dogs, which shoots this January. Academy Award winning actor Russell Crowe (Gladiator, upcoming Poker Face) is set to star in the pic with Cooper making his directorial debut for Nickel City Pictures. Based on E.O. Chirovici’s critically acclaimed novel, “The Book Of Mirrors”, Crowe will play Roy Freeman, a homicide detective tasked with re-examining a past brutal murder case in the wake of a cutting-edge Alzheimer’s treatment. When a death row inmate he arrested ten years prior steps up to proclaim his innocence, Roy enlists his former partner to help him revive the investigation and discover the truth. This time though, things unfold very differently: As he uncovers a tangled web of contradictions and secrets, Roy is forced to face a horrific reality that changes his world forever in […]

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Donnie Yen Awakens SLEEPING DOGS, Advances GOLDEN EMPIRE With ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Producer

The trades confirmed two new projects on the way for actor Donnie Yen, on Tuesday. The first will be Sleeping Dogs, an adaptation of the Square Enix game which launched in 2012, followed by a remastered version in 2014. Yen, who teased the project on Instagram this week, will star as Wei Shan, an undercover cop transferred to Hong Kong to infiltrate the Triads. Neal Moritz (Fast and Furious franchise) is still attached to produce the pic alongside DJ2 Entertainment. Director and cast additions remain pending. One report, an exclusive from Deadline’s Andreas Wiseman and Tom Grater, also announced Golden Empire, which sees Yen as “a notorious drug kingpin who hits the top of the most wanted list for both the U.S. and Mexican governments”. The film hails from Starlight Media and SA Inc., with Starlight’s CEO Peter Luo (Midway, Crazy Rich Asians) also producing the film. “The talents of […]

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Donnie Yen To Star In Live-Action SLEEPING DOGS Movie

  Donnie Yen is coming off of a major start to 2017 having finally gotten his moment to shine in a few Hollywood pictures with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage. The action star recently wrapped the forthcoming crime pic, Chasing The Dragon and is also set to reprise his acclaimed role in a fourth Ip Man installment for director Wilson Yip. Add another to the list of cool stuff you will learn today with word via Deadline that Yen will star in a live-action adaptation of the hit Square Enix game, Sleeping Dogs with Fast And Furious saga producer Neal Moritz of Original Film producing. The game, which took off in 2012 followed by a remastered version in 2014, centered on an undercover cop transferred to Hong Kong to infiltrate the Triads. Original Film is producing with DJ2 Entertainment with Moritz, Dmitri […]

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