Tye Sheridan To Star In Michael Cristofer’s "The Night Clerk"
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 February 2018 17:50
Highland Film Group announced today that Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One, X-Men: Apocalypse, Mud) has signed on to star in The Night Clerk, written and to be directed by Michael Cristofer (Chuck, Original Sin).
Currently in pre-production, the thriller will be produced by WulfPak Productions' David Wulf (Looking Glass, Little Women) and executive produced by the Highland Film Group.
The Gersh Agency and Highland Film Group are co-repping the U.S. sales, with HFG also handling worldwide sales, which will commence at next week's Berlin Film Festival.
Hotel night clerk Bart Bromley (Sheridan), a highly intelligent young man on the Autism spectrum, uses secret surveillance cameras to record guests in an effort to improve his social interaction skills.
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When a woman is murdered during his shift, Bart becomes the prime suspect but can't reveal that his illegal cameras captured evidence that would prove his innocence. As the police investigation closes in, Bart makes a personal connection with a beautiful guest named Andrea, but soon realizes he must stop the real murderer before she becomes the next victim. The film will begin principal photography in Utah this May.
Sheridan has emerged as one of Hollywood's most sought after young talents and next stars in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One which Warner Bros. will release on March 29th, and Alexandre Moors' The Yellow Birds, which releases in June. He recently he starred in X-Men: Apocalypse, and will revive his role as Cyclops in X-Men: Dark Phoenix later this year. Past credits include: Detour, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Mud, Joe and The Tree of Life.
Actor/writer/Director Cristofer is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning playwright for the Broadway production of his play, "The Shadow Box," which he also wrote the screenplay for, directed by Paul Newman. He received the Directors Guild Award for his work on GIA with Angelina Jolie and the Writers Guild Award for his screenplay, Georgia O'Keefe with Joan Allen. Past projects include "Mr. Robot," Falling in Love, The Witches of Eastwick, Original Sin, Body Shots and Chuck with Live Schreiber.
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Sheridan is represented by WME, Mosaic and Stone, Genow, Smelkinson, Binder & Christopher and Cristofer is represented by The Gersh Agency and Parseghian Planco.
The Highland Film Group slate also includes: the star-studded Berlin, I Love You with Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Jim Sturgess, Mickey Rourke, Diego Luna, and Jenna Dewan Tatum; Vaughn Stein's Terminal starring Margot Robbie; Jon Avnet's Three Christs starring Richard Gere; Eric Bress' supernatural psychological thriller Ghosts of War starring Brenton Thwaites; Lin Oeding's thriller Braven starring Jason Momoa; Scott Mann's Final Score starring Dave Bautista and Pierce Brosnan; and the highly-anticipated remake of The Crow directed by Corin Hardy, which HFG is producing and financing.
About Highland Film Group
Led by Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier, Highland Film Group (HFG) is an independent worldwide sales, production and film financing company. HFG provides financing through a combination of pre-sales to help cover senior and subordinated debt, gap, tax credit, and facilitates capital for mezzanine and equity financing.
