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Gemma Arterton and Tim Roth to star in revived Christopher Nolan mystery Gemma Arterton and Tim Roth to star in revived Christopher Nolan mystery
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A never-completed Christopher Nolan film project is set to be revived with Gemma Arterton and Tim Roth in the lead roles. The pair are to star in crime-thriller The Keys to the Street, based on Ruth Rendell's 1996 novel about a young woman who moves into an exclusive central London home to escape her violent boyfriend but discovers that a series of murders are taking place in the surrounding area.A never-completed Christopher Nolan film project is set to be revived with Gemma Arterton and Tim Roth in the lead roles. The pair are to star in crime-thriller The Keys to the Street, based on Ruth Rendell's 1996 novel about a young woman who moves into an exclusive central London home to escape her violent boyfriend but discovers that a series of murders are taking place in the surrounding area.
The Keys to the Street has been revived for Czech film-maker Julius Sevcik to direct, almost a decade after Nolan decided not to make it his follow-up to 2002's Insomnia. The British director, who wrote the screenplay with Michael Stokes, opted to shoot 2005 superhero reboot Batman Begins instead, in a move that ultimately sent his career into stratospheric territory when sequel The Dark Knight broke the $1bn mark at the global box office three years later.The Keys to the Street has been revived for Czech film-maker Julius Sevcik to direct, almost a decade after Nolan decided not to make it his follow-up to 2002's Insomnia. The British director, who wrote the screenplay with Michael Stokes, opted to shoot 2005 superhero reboot Batman Begins instead, in a move that ultimately sent his career into stratospheric territory when sequel The Dark Knight broke the $1bn mark at the global box office three years later.
Arterton will play Mary Jago, who is beaten by her unstable boyfriend Alastair (Roth) after donating bone marrow to leukaemia victims. She leaves him and begins a housesitting arrangement in a wealthy Regent's Park district frequented by an assortment of homeless people. A series of murders takes place in the area, and Jago begins an affair with Leo Nash (Max Irons), whose life was saved by her donation.Arterton will play Mary Jago, who is beaten by her unstable boyfriend Alastair (Roth) after donating bone marrow to leukaemia victims. She leaves him and begins a housesitting arrangement in a wealthy Regent's Park district frequented by an assortment of homeless people. A series of murders takes place in the area, and Jago begins an affair with Leo Nash (Max Irons), whose life was saved by her donation.
"We think that audiences will love how Christopher Nolan and Michael Stokes have adapted this popular English mystery novel … with a dark edge," said producer Kirk D'Amico of production company Myriad. Sevcik, whose film Normal: the Düsseldorf Ripper won the best director prize at the Shanghai film festival in 2009, is due to shoot early next year on location in London."We think that audiences will love how Christopher Nolan and Michael Stokes have adapted this popular English mystery novel … with a dark edge," said producer Kirk D'Amico of production company Myriad. Sevcik, whose film Normal: the Düsseldorf Ripper won the best director prize at the Shanghai film festival in 2009, is due to shoot early next year on location in London.
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