Shubhabrata Dutta
Two acclaimed performers will headline Drake Doremus’ next sci-fi film! The Cinemaholic has learned that Edgar Ramírez and Emilia Clarke will star in ‘Next Life.’ The project is currently in the works at Fortitude International. Like the 1998 romantic-comedy film ‘Sliding Doors,’ the movie revolves around a young woman who explores two alternate realities, one with the mysterious stranger she meets on a train and one with her longtime ex-boyfriend.
Ramírez is a prolific Venezuelan actor known for portraying the fashion designer Gianni Versace in the second season of the FX anthology series ‘American Crime Story,’ titled ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace,’ and terrorist Carlos the Jackal in the Canal+ biographical miniseries ‘Carlos.’ His notable film credits include Luis Rojas in Simon Kinberg’s spy thriller ‘The 355,’ Aguirre in Jaume Collet-Serra’s adventure comedy ‘Jungle Cruise,’ Rene Gonzalez in Olivier Assayas’ crime drama ‘Wasp Network,’ and Michael Acosta in Stephen Gaghan’s crime drama ‘Gold,’ based on the 1997 Bre-X mining scandal.
Ramírez’s small screen appearances include Dr. Paulo Macchiarrini in the Peacock crime drama ‘Dr. Death,’ Mike Valentine in the Netflix series ‘Florida Man,’ and Detective Joe Mendoza in the HBO crime drama ‘The Undoing.’ He was last seen as Atlas in the action-adventure comedy film ‘Borderlands,’ based on the popular video game series.
Clarke previously starred in several notable romantic movies, including Sophie Barthes’ ‘The Pod Generation,’ Paul Feig’s ‘Last Christmas,’ and Thea Sharrock’s ‘Me Before You.’ In addition to her performance as Daenerys Targaryen in ‘Game of Thrones,’ she is known for portraying Qi’ra in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ and Sarah Connor in ‘Terminator Genisys.’ The actress was last seen as G’iah in the Disney+ miniseries ‘Secret Invasion.’
Doremus is known for directing the sci-fi romantic film ‘Equals,’ starring Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart, which takes place in a dystopian world where emotions are considered a disease. His other notable directorial credits include Ewan McGregor and Léa Seydoux-starring ‘Zoe,’ ‘Like Crazy,’ and the Shailene Woodley-starrer ‘Endings, Beginnings.’
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