Bening & Pfeiffer to star in mystery-thriller 'Turn of Mind'
May 11, 2019 3:26:24 GMT
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Post by Mattsby on May 11, 2019 3:26:24 GMT
Oscar nominees Annette Bening and Michelle Pfeiffer are boarding director Gideon Raff’s thriller Turn of Mind, a feature adaptation of the Alice LaPlante New York Times bestseller.
Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright is adapting the psychological thriller, which centers on a retired orthopedic doctor (Bening) suffering from Alzheimer’s who is trying to figure out — in her moments of clarity — if she killed the person the police claim she had, or if she’s being deceived.
Producing are Gail Berman through The Jackal Group, Well Told Entertainment’s Rory Koslow, and Raff. Rocket Science will finance the film and launch international sales at Cannes next week. CAA Media Finance represents U.S. domestic rights.
“Turn of Mind is an edge-of-your-seat emotional thriller. A story of a warped friendship between two brilliant, sharp, forceful women who are bonded equally by their love for and jealousy of one other,” said Raff. “I am thrilled to have two legends filling these roles. What struck me most when reading LaPlante’s novel was how she rarely breaks from Jennifer’s point of view. So, with her, we go through the visceral experience of a woman who relied her whole life on her gifted mind, only to find herself losing it when she needs it most.”
Raff wrote and directed the feature film The Red Sea Diving Resort starring Chris Evans, Ben Kingsley, Greg Kinnear and Michael K Williams for an August release by Netflix. Currently, Raff finished shooting The Spy, his six-episode miniseries based on the life of Eli Cohen starring Sacha Baron Cohen, which will debut in the fall on Netflix.
Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright is adapting the psychological thriller, which centers on a retired orthopedic doctor (Bening) suffering from Alzheimer’s who is trying to figure out — in her moments of clarity — if she killed the person the police claim she had, or if she’s being deceived.
Producing are Gail Berman through The Jackal Group, Well Told Entertainment’s Rory Koslow, and Raff. Rocket Science will finance the film and launch international sales at Cannes next week. CAA Media Finance represents U.S. domestic rights.
“Turn of Mind is an edge-of-your-seat emotional thriller. A story of a warped friendship between two brilliant, sharp, forceful women who are bonded equally by their love for and jealousy of one other,” said Raff. “I am thrilled to have two legends filling these roles. What struck me most when reading LaPlante’s novel was how she rarely breaks from Jennifer’s point of view. So, with her, we go through the visceral experience of a woman who relied her whole life on her gifted mind, only to find herself losing it when she needs it most.”
Raff wrote and directed the feature film The Red Sea Diving Resort starring Chris Evans, Ben Kingsley, Greg Kinnear and Michael K Williams for an August release by Netflix. Currently, Raff finished shooting The Spy, his six-episode miniseries based on the life of Eli Cohen starring Sacha Baron Cohen, which will debut in the fall on Netflix.
