After the box office juggernaut “Avengers: Endgame,” The Russo Brothers have been keeping busy with the Tom Holland (“Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “The Impossible,” “The Heart of The Sea“) crime drama “Cherry” and are currently shooting the $200+ million budgeted Netflix spy action film “The Gray Man” led by Ryan Gosling (“Drive“) and Chris Evans (“Snowpiercer“).
The sibling duo is also producing a heap of films via their production company AGBO Films, and one project is a political tech drama about the real-life company Cambridge Analytica. Collider is reporting that that untitled project is looking to add Oscar winners Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything,” “Trial of The Chicago 7“) and director Peter Farrelly (“Green Book“), which would quickly place the move into the festival circuit and possibly lead to multiple awards consideration.
If you’re unfamiliar with the project or the company, Collider gives us a refresher, “Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm that illegally harvested the personal data of 87 million Facebook users to influence Donald Trump‘s presidential victory and the Brexit vote.”
Eddie Redmayne is said to be wanted for the role of Canadian data consultant and whistleblower Christopher Wylie. The British actor recently wrapped on the Potterverse sequel “Fantastic Beasts 3” after multiple production hiccups alongside Mads Mikkelsen (“Another Round“), replacing Johnny Depp as the franchise villain.
The script was penned by longtime MCU screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. 30WEST is executive producing and shopping the project with AGBO.
Other AGBO projects in development include a live-action “Battle of The Planets” incarnation of the cult Japanese anime series, Amazon Prime Video series adaptation of the comic book “Grimjack,” a remake of the criminal romance film “The Thomas Crown Affair” with Michael B. Jordan (“Creed,” “Black Panther“) attached to star, a sequel to the Chris Hemsworth action pic “Extraction,” Disney‘s live-action “Hercules” movie, “Rats of Nimh,” and aforementioned “The Gray Man.”