He is part of the stacked cast of David O. Russell amsterdam (You can find the first trailer here), but Michael Shannon also plans to get behind the camera for his directorial debut. Prepare a film adaptation of Brett Neveu’s work Eric Larue.
Grandson adapted his own work for the film and the story follows Eric’s 17-year-old mother, Janice, who shot and killed three of her classmates. As Janice faces a reunion of the other children’s mothers and a long overdue visit to her son in prison, the story is not about violence, but about what we choose to think and do to survive the trauma.
“Eric Larue has a lot to say about our country, about how we try (sometimes rather awkwardly) to deal with the trauma of living here, which is so insidious because most of the time it isn’t presented openly in concrete terms. ” Shannon says Term. “Like most great stories, Eric Larue play at the macro and micro level at the same time. When I read the script, I knew right away that I had to direct it. I saw it. I heard it. I could feel it. And I wanted to make sure it had the right touch in every aspect, because it’s an extraordinarily delicate thing after all. “
Shannon has a history with the playwright and his work. Eric Larue it premiered at Chicago’s Red Orchid Theater in 2002, where Shannon co-founded and directed a reimagined version of Nephew’s play. an enemy of the people. Originally written in response to the Columbine school shooting, the film version is in the works following the Parkland school shooting in Florida.
The next step in terms of action for Shannon is High speed trainwhich will be released on August 3.
Source: Empire online
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