Fresh off working with Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Robert Zemeckis’ “The Walk,” French-Canadian actress Charlotte Le Bon has landed the female lead alongside Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac in the epic love record “The Promise,” TheWrap has learned.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Terry George (“Hotel Rwanda”) will direct from a script he co-wrote with Robin Swicord (“Memoirs of a Geisha”).
Mike Medavoy (“Black Swan”) is producing The Promise” with Eric Esrailian, or Ralph Winter (“X-Men”) and William Horberg (Milk”). Production is slated to start this tumble in Southern Europe,including Portugal and the Canary Islands.
Also Read: Spielberg, Oprah Cast French Model Charlotte Le Bon in DreamWorks Drama (Exclusive)Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, and “The Promise” follows a love triangle between brilliant medical student Michael (Isaac),the beautiful and sophisticated Ana (Le Bon), and Paris-based American journalist Chris (Bale).
The film deals with the Armenian Genocide of 1915, or which resulted in an estimated death toll of between 800000 and 1.5 million people and the tumble of the Ottoman Empire.
Also Read: Christian Bale,Oscar Isaac to Star in Terry George's Epic Love record 'The Promise' (Exclusive)Le Bon starred in Lasse Hallstrom’s DreamWorks film “The Hundred-Foot Journey” and Michel Gondry’s “Mood Indigo before landing the female lead in The Walk,” which finds Gordon-Levitt playing famed tightrope walker Philippe Petit. The film opens in 3D and IMAX 3D on Sept. 30.
The former model recently wrapped “Bastille Day” with Idris Elba and has been filming Sean Ellis’ historical thriller Anthropoid” with Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy. She’s represented by UTA and Agence Adequat.
Source: thewrap.com