Brendan Gleeson to topline crime-comedy 'Mr. Cranky'
Exclusive: Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man) to direct feature heading to Efm with Metro International.
Metro International has boarded sales ahead of the Efm on crime-comedy Mr. Cranky, which has Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) on board to star as a crime boss debt collector with a raging temper who is saddled with an orphaned seven year old in the middle of a gangland war.
The Railway Man director Jonathan Teplizky is due to direct Chris Nyst’s (Crooked Business) script which is to be produced by Chris Brown (The Railway Man).
The film reunites Teplitzky with Nyst after the two collaborated on 2003 Australian crime-comedy Gettin’ Square, starring Sam Worthington and Timothy Spall.
In Mr. Cranky, when a gangland war erupts thanks to crime boss Kevin Darcy’s short temper, his ex-girlfriend becomes the victim of a car bomb intended for him, and he finds himself saddled with her seven-year-old daughter.
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Metro International has boarded sales ahead of the Efm on crime-comedy Mr. Cranky, which has Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) on board to star as a crime boss debt collector with a raging temper who is saddled with an orphaned seven year old in the middle of a gangland war.
The Railway Man director Jonathan Teplizky is due to direct Chris Nyst’s (Crooked Business) script which is to be produced by Chris Brown (The Railway Man).
The film reunites Teplitzky with Nyst after the two collaborated on 2003 Australian crime-comedy Gettin’ Square, starring Sam Worthington and Timothy Spall.
In Mr. Cranky, when a gangland war erupts thanks to crime boss Kevin Darcy’s short temper, his ex-girlfriend becomes the victim of a car bomb intended for him, and he finds himself saddled with her seven-year-old daughter.
More used to...
- 2/8/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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