EXCLUSIVE: Bill Skarsgård (Nosferatu) and Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things) are set to star in Dead Man’s Wire, a hostage thriller to mark the next film from Oscar nominee Gus Van Sant.
Based on a true story, the film follows a former real estate developer who takes the mortgage banker who did him wrong hostage, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.
Producers include Cassian Elwes (upcoming Bride Hard, Mudbound), Joel David Moore (upcoming Bride Hard, The Immaculate Room), Tom Culliver, Sam Pressman, Mark Amin, Remi and Noor Alfallah, Andrea Bucko and Matt Murphie. Exec producers are Jon Gosier, Emily Salveson, Rishi Bajaj, Cami Winikoff, Paula Paizes, Michael Merlob, Divya Shahani, Jordan Clare Robbins, Robert MacLean, Svetlana Dali, Konstantin Elkin, Vlad Lapidus, Oliver Trevena, Lee Broda, Jeff Rice, John Pitts, Alan Helene, Nini Le Huynh, and Veronica Radaelli. WME Independent is handling worldwide rights.
Stated producer Elwes, “It’s an absolute thrill to reunite with one of the greatest directors in the world and I can’t wait to work with the fantastic actors he’s assembling for this film.”
Added Zach Glueck of WME Independent, “We’re really proud to be out in the market with an absolute giant of cinema working in such a commercial genre space.”
Next to be seen playing Count Orlok in Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, which releases on Christmas Day, Skarsgård’s upcoming slate also includes It: Welcome to Derry, which he exec produces, and the David Yarovesky thriller Locked.
Best known for starring as the volatile Billy Hargrove on Netflix’s Stranger Things, which is heading into its final season, Australian actor Montgomery also has Legendary’s Faces of Death remake coming up, as well as Went Up the Hill, a horror thriller with Vicky Krieps, which Greenwich Entertainment just acquired.
Known for films like Good Will Hunting and Elephant, Van Sant returns to the director’s chair for the first time since 2018’s Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot starring Joaquin Phoenix. Currently, he’s also attached to helm a film on the Hulk Hogan vs Gawker court case starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
Skarsgård is repped by WME, Magnolia Entertainment, and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum; Montgomery by CAA and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; Van Sant by WME; and Kolodney by Mosaic, Verve, and Fox Rothschild.
The InSneider’s Jeff Sneider was first to report on Van Sant and Skarsgård’s involvement with the project.
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