EXCLUSIVE:Elias Koteas(Shutter Island) andBriana Middleton(The Tender Bar) have been set to toplineSilent Planet, a sci-fi thriller written and directed byJeffrey St. Jules(Bang Bang Baby), which has wrapped production in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and been picked up for worldwide distribution byQuiver Distribution.
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Produced by Andrew Bronfmans Good Movies, Jonathan Bronfmans JoBro Productions and Mark ONeills St. Johns-based Panoramic Pictures, the film follows two prisoners in the near future who are sentenced to a lifetime of hard labor on a distant planet.
As things unravel, they become increasingly paranoid and start to lose a sense of who they are and their past lives.
Elias Koteas and Briana MiddletonEvan Agostini/Getty Images/Hannah Hall
Pic was produced in association with Telefilm Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation, Canada Media Fund, New Tang Dynasty and Vigilante Productions.
Allan Ungar and Jason Jallet exec produced alongside Quivers Jeff Sackman and Berry Meyerowitz, as well as Vigilante Productions Mark Gingras and John Laing.
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Known for roles in such acclaimed films asThe Thin Red Line,Shutter IslandandThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Koteas has more recently played Detective Alvin Olinsky inChicago P.D., as well as other series in NBCsChicagofranchise, also appearing on shows likeGoliathandThe Killing.
Most recently starring alongside Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan in the acclaimed Apple TV+ filmSharper,fromThe Crowns Benjamin Caron, Middleton is otherwise best known for a role in George Clooneys Prime Video dramaThe Tender Bar.
With his genre-bending debut featureBang Bang Baby, St. Jules won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival, as well as the Canadian Screen Awards Claude Jutra Award.
He followed that pic up with the thrillerCinema of Sleep, which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement at the Directors Guild of Canada Awards.
Koteas is repped by UTA, Kipperman Management and RLG; Middleton by Gersh and Brillstein Entertainment Partners; and St. Jules by The Characters Talent Agency.
