Out of the Furnace (formerly The Low Dweller) is a project that has been kicking around for awhile now. Hell, it was originally going to be Ridley’s follow-up to Body of Lies, re-teaming him with Leonardo DiCaprio, before Robin Hood came along. As is generally the case in H-town, things change.
It was announced yesterday that Christian Bale is in talks for the lead and director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) will be steering the ship. Cooper is expected to bring pal Robert Duvall into the fold as well. Scott and DiCaprio remain on board as producers. The revenge drama plays out as follows…
Out of the Furnace tells the story of a man who is released after serving four years in prison to find his brother brutally murdered. Abandoning all hopes of a peaceful homecoming, he sets off to exact revenge on his brother’s killers.
The intent here is for Bale to shoot the film this spring before beginning his promotional commitments for The Dark Knight Rises and the start of production of the first of his upcoming Malick duo, Knight of Cups. Post-Cups, Bale is slated for roles in Malick’s Lawless and Zack Snyder’s The Last Photograph. Busy, busy, busy!
Source | THR
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His bother was brutally murdered? How low! What’s next, he’s going to find out they killed his irritation, too?! The humanity!
Haha, thanks for pointing that out! Typo fixed.
Shame they couldn’t get Michael Caine and Britt Ekland to star in it. Oh yes, they already did…
Think!! For one fucking second!! You kill my brother and I kill you!! That’s what THAT IS!!!!!
Paddy Considine? Shane Meadows? Dead Mans Shoes
Been done, and will never ever be bettered.
Think I’m getting Bale withdrawal effects (urges to listen to Genesis and de-limb Michael Ironside). Flowers of War! Uk release! Now!
Also what in the blue fuck is the Last Photograph. IMDB is rather unhelpful with this one.
“The film came from an idea by Snyder, who set it up at Warner Bros with his wife and Nunnari after they all worked together on 300. Set in Afghanistan, it is a timely drama that has elements of The Searchers and Taken. Bale plays a war correspondent who witnesses and is the only survivor of an attack on a group of Americans. [Sean] Penn is circling the role of a retired ex-special ops soldier who comes to the scene determined to free a family member who has been kidnapped. The journalist agrees to help identify the kidnappers and travel the rough terrain to find them, in exchange for the story. The road brings them in confrontation with tribal regions of Afghanistan, and none of the diplomats will help.”
http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/sean-penn-christian-bale-circle-the-last-photograph-along-with-dark-castle/
It’s definitely set up as Snyder’s follow-up to Man of Steel. Whether Bale remains on board or not is anyone’s guess at this point.
Oh! Thank you Daniel.
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