| Production Begins in Portland, Oregon on Untitled Gus Van Sant Project | ||||
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 Lensing has begun on location in Portland, Oregon on an untitled project from two-time Academy Award®-nominated director Gus Van Sant, starring Mia Wasikowska and Henry Hopper. The film's screenplay was written by first-timer Jason Lew, based upon his original stage play "Of Winter and Water Birds." The film is produced by Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, and Bryce Dallas Howard and Gus Van Sant. The supporting cast includes Ryo Kase, Schuyler Fisk, and Jane Adams.
From Imagine Entertainment comes a powerful and emotional coming of age story, a remarkable film told with honesty and originality that will leave audiences moved. In the film, two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love. Directed by Gus Van Sant, one of the most astute observers of people living life on the edge, comes a take on friendship and young love as engaging and true as it is provocative and stirring. The screenplay is by Jason Lew. Bryce Dallas Howard, a producer of the film, said, "This film is a quietly epic coming of age story. It captures the profoundly defining turning point of a young person's life with stark realism, irreverent humor, and intense emotion. I think that Gus was drawn to this story because he has an uncanny ability to convey the complexities of youth and outsiders. For this is, above all else, the journey of an outsider." Van Sant has once again surrounded himself with some of the top talent in the business. Longtime collaborator Harris Savides (Milk) is the director of photography. Anne Ross (Lost in Translation) is the production designer on the film and Academy Award® nominees Elliot Graham (Milk) and Danny Glicker (Milk) have joined the film as editor and the costume designer respectively. Audiences and critics alike have taken note of GUS VAN SANT's movies since he made his feature film directorial debut in 1985 with Mala Noche, which won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for Best Independent/Experimental Film. Van Sant has twice been nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the Oscar® for Best Director: for his work on Good Will Hunting, which received nine total nominations and won for Best Original Screenplay, and for his most recent film, Milk, which received eight total nominations and won for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
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