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14-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green & Maria Pedraza To Star In Thriller ‘Just Play Dead' — Cannes Market
Oscar-nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Eva Green (Casino Royale), and Maria Pedraza (Money Heist) are set to star in the thriller Just Play Dead, we can reveal. The film will be directed by Gary Fleder (Homefront) and is written by Dan Gordon (Rambo: Last Blood). More from Deadline Cannes Opening Night: Festival Workers Briefly Protest Red Carpet, Deadline Shut Down From Filming Standing Ovations At Cannes: How We Clock Those Claps, Which Movie Holds The Record & Why The Industry Loves To Hate The Ritual Elizabeth Olsen Joins Kristen Stewart & Oscar Isaac In Hedonistic '80s Vampire Thriller 'Flesh Of The Gods' - Cannes Market The synopsis reads: 'When wealthy criminal mastermind Jack Wolfe (Samuel L. Jackson) is cornered by the Feds, he plans to fake his own death and claim the $30 million life insurance payout with his 'grieving' wife Nora (Eva Green), while framing her surfer lover Chad for his murder. But Nora is cooking up a scheme of her own: kill Jack for real, frame Chad and keep the fortune for herself. As lies unravel, Nora and Jack scramble to outsmart one another, leaving one burning question: who will come out on top in this twisted game of life and death?' Pic is a European co-production spearheaded by Head Gear Films' Phil Hunt who produces alongside Gemstone Films' Valentin Dimitrov, Sagiv Diamant, Moshe Diamant and Gaby Whyte Hart, who also serves as the casting director. It is executive produced by Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier for Highland Film Group. Highland Film Group is co-financing the film and handling international rights, with CAA Media Finance overseeing domestic rights at the Cannes market. Production is set to begin this fall in the Canary Islands. 'Working with such incredible talents as Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green is truly an honor. Eva Green will deliver a captivating performance as the cunning and seductive wife to Samuel L. Jackson's powerful kingpin in this intoxicating thriller,' said Highland Film Group CEO Arianne Fraser. 'Dan Gordon has crafted a complex tale of lies, deceit and betrayal and Gary Fleder is the ideal director to bring this enticing and suspenseful project to life, which is already attracting buyers worldwide,' added Highland Film Group COO Delphine Perrier. 'I've always been drawn to stories that defy categorization, that live somewhere between genres and challenge audiences to stay on their toes. With Just Play Dead, written by the immensely talented Dan Gordon, and starring Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green, I have the chance to return to that same rich, unpredictable territory. This film is provocative, sexy, and original—a perfect mix of clever storytelling and thrilling twists,' commented director Gary Fleder. Best of Deadline TV Show Book Adaptations Arriving In 2025 So Far Book-To-Movie Adaptations Coming Out In 2025 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Marion Cotillard and Eva Green pay tribute to ‘extraordinary' Emilie Dequenne
Belgian actress Emilie Dequenne has been remembered as 'extraordinary' by her fellow stars of French cinema, Marion Cotillard and Eva Green. The Missing star died at the age of 43, her agent said on Monday, after she revealed she had been diagnosed with a 'rare cancer' in October 2023. According to reports, Dequenne had been suffering from adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), an aggressive cancer of the adrenal gland. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eva Green (@evagreenweb) On Instagram, Green wrote: 'Emilie was already a star, an extraordinary actress who I revered,' when they first met during a drama school presentation, and called her 'humble, encouraging, so full of light and pure kindness'. The Penny Dreadful and Casino Royale star added that she last saw Dequenne at the Cannes Film Festival, where the star was a co-winner in 1999 for her role in Palme d'Or winning film Rosetta. 'When I saw her last summer, she was so vibrant and full of life, we were both certain that she had vanquished the rare form of cancer she had been battling,' she added. 'Her death has left me stunned… heartbroken… as it has left all those who knew her, and even those who knew her only in her films. She was grace, light, and all things excellent.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by @marioncotillard Cotillard wrote in French that she will 'forever cherish what we shared', and called Dequenne a 'sublime human' and a 'genius actress'. The Oscar winner said 'you have been and will be an source of infinite inspiration for me', and added that she had studied Dequenne's work. 'I am going to find a hard time realising,' she said. 'I will always find this unjust.' Cotillard said she 'loved' and will 'miss' the actress, also known for playing police officer Laurence Relaud in British anthology drama The Missing. The Missing stars James Nesbitt as the father of a boy who disappears during a family holiday in France. Dequenne also starred in horror-action film Brotherhood Of The Wolf (2001) alongside Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci and Samuel Le Bihan. Her other roles included 2009's The Girl On The Train, in which her character Jeanne makes up a shocking story about a racially motivated attack on a train, and 2012 crime drama Our Children. She also played a sound recordist called Charlotte, who learns that her mother has been murdered, in noughties movie Ecoute Le Temps, and a mother in 2022 coming-of-age film Close. Dequenne cried after receiving the Cannes prize for Rosetta, in what was her first role in film when she was 18. She returned to the festival in 2024 for the 25th anniversary of Rosetta, which tells the story of a young girl's efforts to keep her job in the face of her own schizophrenia. Her last film was the post-apocalyptic thriller Survive, by French director Frederic Jardin. Dequenne was married to actor Michel Ferracci and had a daughter, Milla Savarese.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Marion Cotillard and Eva Green pay tribute to ‘extraordinary' Emilie Dequenne
Belgian actress Emilie Dequenne has been remembered as 'extraordinary' by her fellow stars of French cinema, Marion Cotillard and Eva Green. The Missing star died at the age of 43, her agent said on Monday, after she revealed she had been diagnosed with a 'rare cancer' in October 2023. According to reports, Dequenne had been suffering from adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), an aggressive cancer of the adrenal gland. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eva Green (@evagreenweb) On Instagram, Green wrote: 'Emilie was already a star, an extraordinary actress who I revered,' when they first met during a drama school presentation, and called her 'humble, encouraging, so full of light and pure kindness'. The Penny Dreadful and Casino Royale star added that she last saw Dequenne at the Cannes Film Festival, where the star was a co-winner in 1999 for her role in Palme d'Or winning film Rosetta. 'When I saw her last summer, she was so vibrant and full of life, we were both certain that she had vanquished the rare form of cancer she had been battling,' she added. 'Her death has left me stunned… heartbroken… as it has left all those who knew her, and even those who knew her only in her films. She was grace, light, and all things excellent.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by @marioncotillard Cotillard wrote in French that she will 'forever cherish what we shared', and called Dequenne a 'sublime human' and a 'genius actress'. The Oscar winner said 'you have been and will be an source of infinite inspiration for me', and added that she had studied Dequenne's work. 'I am going to find a hard time realising,' she said. 'I will always find this unjust.' Cotillard said she 'loved' and will 'miss' the actress, also known for playing police officer Laurence Relaud in British anthology drama The Missing. The Missing stars James Nesbitt as the father of a boy who disappears during a family holiday in France. Dequenne also starred in horror-action film Brotherhood Of The Wolf (2001) alongside Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci and Samuel Le Bihan. Her other roles included 2009's The Girl On The Train, in which her character Jeanne makes up a shocking story about a racially motivated attack on a train, and 2012 crime drama Our Children. She also played a sound recordist called Charlotte, who learns that her mother has been murdered, in noughties movie Ecoute Le Temps, and a mother in 2022 coming-of-age film Close. Dequenne cried after receiving the Cannes prize for Rosetta, in what was her first role in film when she was 18. She returned to the festival in 2024 for the 25th anniversary of Rosetta, which tells the story of a young girl's efforts to keep her job in the face of her own schizophrenia. Her last film was the post-apocalyptic thriller Survive, by French director Frederic Jardin. Dequenne was married to actor Michel Ferracci and had a daughter, Milla Savarese.
