Mirren to star in big-screen remake of Graham Greene’s novel Brighton Rock
August 28th, 2009 - 12:03 pm ICT by ANILondon, Aug 28 (ANI): Actress Dame Helen Mirren is set to star in new film Brighton Rock, adapted from Graham Greene’s classic 1939 novel of the same title.
The Oscar winner will play amateur detective Ida Arnold in the movie.
The plot revolves around teenager Pinkie, who seduces a young waitress after she stumbles on evidence linking him and his gang to a revenge killing committed by Pinkie.
Mirren will have the task cut out to find the truth behind the killing.
Rowan Joffe has written the script and will direct the film too.
And he intends to make it look as contemporary as possible.
“We’re making Brighton Rock as contemporary as we possibly can because the story feels ‘modern’. It’s too alive, too vibrant and too relevant to be contained in the late 1930s,” the BBC News quoted him as saying.
Also starring in the film, set in 1964, is Sam Riley, who will play the lead character Pinkie Brown apart from Pete Postlethwaite and Happy Go Lucky’s Andrea Riseborough.
Shooting is scheduled to start in October this year. (ANI)
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