Jeff
Bridges, Julianne Moore and Ben Barnes Lead the International Cast
Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore |
BURBANK, CA, March 26, 2011 –
Principal photography is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary
Pictures’ fantasy action adventure “Seventh Son.” Shooting began on March 19,
under the direction of award-winning filmmaker Sergei Bodrov, director of the
Oscar®-nominated foreign language films “Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan” and
“Prisoner of the Mountains.” “Seventh Son” stars Academy Award® winner Jeff
Bridges (“Crazy Heart,” “Iron Man”), Oscar® nominee Julianne Moore (“Far From
Heaven,” “The Hours”), and Ben Barnes (“The Chronicles of Narnia” films).
Ben Barnes |
In a time long past, an evil is
about to be unleashed that will reignite the war between the forces of the
supernatural and humankind once more. Master Gregory (Bridges) is a knight who
had imprisoned the malevolently powerful witch, Mother Malkin (Moore),
centuries ago. But now she has escaped and is seeking vengeance. Summoning her
followers of every incarnation, Mother Malkin is preparing to unleash her
terrible wrath on an unsuspecting world. Only one thing stands in her way:
Master Gregory.
In a deadly reunion, Gregory comes
face to face with the evil he always feared would someday return. Now he has
only until the next full moon to do what usually takes years: train his new
apprentice, Tom Ward (Barnes) to fight a dark magic unlike any other. Man’s
only hope lies in the seventh son of a seventh son.
The film’s international cast also
includes Alicia Vikander (“The Crown Jewels”), Antje Traue (“Pandorum,”
upcoming “Man of Steel”), Olivia Williams (“Hanna”) and Kit Harington (HBO’s
“Game of Thrones”).
Bodrov is directing the film from a
screenplay by Matt Greenberg, Charles Leavitt and Steve Knight, based on the
book The Spook’s Apprentice by Joseph Delaney. “Seventh Son” is being produced
by Basil Iwanyk (“The Town,” “Clash of the Titans” upcoming “Wrath of the
Titans”), Thomas Tull (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” upcoming “The Dark Knight
Rises”) and Lionel Wigram (“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” the “Harry
Potter” films). The executive producers are Jon Jashni, Brent O’Connor and
Alysia Cotter, with Jillian Zaks and Erica Lee serving as co-producers.
The behind-the-scenes team
collaborating with Bodrov includes director of photography Newton Thomas Sigel
(“Drive”); three-time Oscar®-winning production designer Dante Ferretti
(“Hugo,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “Aviator”);
Oscar®-nominated editor Paul Rubell (“Collateral,” “The Insider”);
Oscar®-nominated costume designer Jacqueline West (“The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button,” “The Social Network”), and Oscar®-winning visual effects
supervisor John Dykstra (“Spider-Man,” “Spider-Man 2”).
“Seventh Son” will be filmed
entirely on location in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
A presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures and
Legendary Pictures, “Seventh Son” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros.
Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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