Poppy Delevingne To Star in “The Gun On Second Street” For Director Rohit Karn Batra
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- Published on Thursday, 04 May 2023 12:19
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The Film Compartment announced today that Poppy Delevingne (Kingsman: The Golden Circle) will star in the new drama "The Gun on Second Street" from award-winning writer, producer, and director Rohit Karn Batra (Line of Descent).
The film is produced by Guy J. Louthan of Ransom Films (The Call, The Road Within, There Be Dragons, "From Scratch") with Rikin Shah serving as one of the executive producers. Storyboard Media is handling international sales for the film and will introduce it to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival this month.
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Couched as an allegory of the gun crisis in the United States, the plot follows two Pittsburgh police partners and best friends who are called to an uneventful domestic violence dispute on Second Street. This quickly escalates to a violent scuffle as Officer TJ Meadows III accidentally shoots and kills his partner, Officer Kevin Cooper, with his backup gun. Years later, no longer a cop and still traumatized, TJ moves back to Pittsburgh and finds his way to Kevin's widow, Kacie (Delevingne). Through TJ's charm and persistence, Kacie slowly falls in love with TJ as she confronts the history she's desperately avoiding, including telling her 15-year-old son, Ralph, TJ's back-story. Ralph's own actions culminate in a heart-pounding climax, bookended by the very gun TJ's been unable to part with.
"I'm thrilled to be collaborating with Poppy on The Gun on Second Street. She is effortlessly sophisticated and truly a one-of-a-kind talent," said Batra. "We're planning a fresh, inventive approach to the film and her portrayal of the conflicted Kacie Cooper will be a total surprise for everyone."
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Casting is currently underway with Finnian Tweed spearheading out of the UK.
Delevingne most recently starred in Sky TV's hit series "Riviera." Prior to that, she starred opposite Antonio Banderas in NatGeo's Emmy nominated mini-series, "Genius: Picasso," produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. The cast was nominated for an Emmy and Critics Choice Award. She can also be seen on the big screen in Fox's Kingsman: The Golden Circle directed by Matthew Vaughan and Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword starring Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law and Eric Bana for Warner Brothers.
Emmy-nominated Batra directed, wrote, and – together with Louthan – produced the international crime drama Line of Descent starring Best Actor Academy Award® winner Brendan Fraser (The Whale). Batra also won the Jury Prize at the Palm Beach International Film Festival Awards for Best Short Film for "Roundabout." Storyboard Media will continue to represent the international rights to Line of Descent.
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Louthan is President of Ransom Films and the prolific producer behind such films as The Call starring Halle Berry; The Road Within with Zoë Kravitz, Dev Patel, and Kyra Sedgwick; Pu-239 starring Oscar Isaac and Paddy Considine and executive produced by George Clooney. His streaming television credits include Netflix's "From Scratch" starring Zoe Saldana and Danielle Deadwyler; Amazon Prime Video's "The Wilds"; and "Tut" starring Academy Award® nominee Ben Kingsley.
Delevingne is represented by United Agents, Neon Kite and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan. Batra is represented by The Law Offices of Adam W. Rosen. Louthan is represented by UTA and Fischbach, Perlstein, Lieberman & Almond.
