Robert Zemeckis to Direct Epic Romantic Thriller for Paramount Pictures, Gk Films And New Regency

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Published on Saturday, 07 February 2015 04:49
Written by Janet Walker

Paramount Pictures, GK Films and New Regency today announced that Brad Pitt will star, and Robert Zemeckis (Flight, Forrest Gump) will direct, an original story by Steve Knight (The Hundred-Foot Journey, Dirty Pretty Things) to be produced by Graham King (Rango, The Departed), who developed the project, alongside Zemeckis and Steve Starkey (Flight, Real Steel). 



The epic story will be produced through King’s GK Films banner with Jack Rapke (Flight, Real Steel), Knight, Patrick McCormick (Black Mass) and Denis O’Sullivan (THE 5th Wave, The Young Victoria) serving as executive producers.
 
Zemeckis’ credits at Paramount Pictures include the 1994 blockbuster Forrest Gump, for which he won the Academy Award® for Best Director. The groundbreaking film grossed $677 million worldwide and won six Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for star Tom Hanks. In 2012, the studio and Zemeckis partnered on the critically-lauded, live-action thriller Flight, which starred Denzel Washington and received two Academy Award nominations. Presently, Zemeckis is in post-production on The Walk, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, slated for an October 2015 release.
 
King and Knight are also partnered on the action-thriller The Red Circle, a remake of the classic French film Le Cercle Rouge reset in Hong Kong. Knight wrote the script and King is producing under GK Films.

GK Films is one of the most foremost creative forces in both major motion pictures and independent features.  Helmed by Academy Award-winning producer, Graham King, the company has produced or executive produced more than 45 films, grossing $1.4 billion at the domestic box office, and over $3.3 billion worldwide. 

Also heralded by critics and film groups, GK Films’ projects have been nominated for 61 Academy Awards, 38 Golden Globe Awards, and 52 British Academy Film Awards. Forthcoming projects include the film adaptation of the hit YA novel The 5th Wave starring Chloe Grace Moretz, the Untitled Freddie Mercury Story, a remake of the classic French film The Red Circle and the highly anticipated franchise reboot of TOMB RAIDER. Recent GK Films’ projects include World War Z, Argo, Hugo, Rango, In The Land Of Blood And Honey and The Town.  King won a Best Picture Oscar as a producer on Martin Scorsese’s 2006 crime drama, The Departed. 

Founded in 1991 by renowned producer Arnon Milchan, New Regency is actively engaged in entertaining the world.  The company has produced some of the most successful and critically-acclaimed films of all time with over 125 films and more than 50 television series in the company’s vast library, including 2014 Academy Award®-winning Best Picture, 12 Years A Slave. New Regency is also dedicated to continuing to foster its unparalleled filmmaker relationships and today boasts partnerships with most acclaimed and sought-after creative forces in the industry.

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