Sumith Prasad
Nick Cassavetes is set to direct ‘Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess’ next. The shooting of the feature film will start in Antarctica in November. Daniel Barnz and Ned Zeman wrote the movie, which is headlined by Anthony Hopkins and Shia LaBeouf.
The biographical film chronicles the life of Swiss photographer Bruno Zehnder, who spent the last 20 years of his life in Antarctica photographing Emperor penguins. He was obsessed by them – their kindness, the way they lived, their deep affection for one another. Bruno spent his life trying to learn how to communicate with them and over time, the colonies grew to know him and return his fondness. He became so obsessed that he legally changed his name to Bruno Penguin and found great success, both creatively and financially with his photographs.
Cassavetes’ latest release is the action film ‘God Is a Bullet,’ starring Maika Monroe and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The 2023 movie was his first directorial work since ‘The Other Woman,’ starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, and Kate Upton, which came out in 2014. His previous credits as a director include Heather Wahlquist-starrer ‘Yellow’ and the family drama ‘My Sister’s Keeper.’ Mattison, who penned the psychological thriller, previously co-wrote James Caan-starrer ‘For the Love of Money’ and wrote Christopher Lloyd-starrer ‘The Sound.’
Cassavetes is also currently developing ‘Lifeform,’ a science-fiction film written by Ice Cube and Anthony Thorne. The movie, set in the year 2125, follows the captain and his crew of miners, aboard a spacecraft, who come across a woman in an emergency escape pod. After taking her on board, the group discovers that she has brought a dangerous extraterrestrial organism along with her. The renowned rapper headlines the cast as well.
Hopkins lent his voice to Jimmy in ‘Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver‘ and ‘Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire.’ He also played Sigmund Freud in ‘Freud’s Last Session,’ Nicky Winton in ‘One Life,’ and Anthony in ‘The Son.’ On the other hand, LaBeouf stars as Clodio Pulcher in Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film ‘Megalopolis.’ His recent credits include the titular character in ‘Padre Pio,’ Sean in ‘Pieces of a Woman,’ and Creeper in ‘The Tax Collector.’
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