Matthias Schonarts will lead the sapper squad
Cannes 2020 broke down due to the coronavirus, but the festival organizers still managed to launch an online market for promising projects. The war drama "Wildlands" * (Wildlands) aroused great interest of buyers.The distributors are waiting for the presentation of the film, because Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road, Taboo) will act as its producer, and the director's chair will be taken by the winner of three Berlinale awards Kim Mordont (The Rocket). The latter wrote the script for the drama in collaboration with John Colley ("Master of the Seas: At the End of the Earth"). The protagonist of the story is a former employee of the UN sapper detachment, Richard Thomas, who failed his mission in Afghanistan. The protagonist decides to correct the sins of the past and goes to a South African village to clear the minefield left over from the Angola War of Independence. Thomas and his new team only have a few days to keep the locals safe before the mighty monsoon hits the village.  The character of Richard will be embodied by Matthias Schonarts ("Rust and Bone"). The rights to the picture belong to HanWay Films, which will begin looking for investors and distributors in the coming days. * - preliminary translation. Source: The Hollywood Reporter The Topic of Article: Matthias Schonarts will lead the sapper squad. |
