Thandie Newton to Star in ‘God’s Country‘. Cold Iron Pictures and The Film Arcade to finance and produce the neo-Western thriller
Emmy® winning actress Thandie Newton, soon to be seen in the third season of HBO’s Westworld, will star in director Julian Higgins’ debut feature God’s Country, Cold Iron Pictures and The Film Arcade announced today.
Cold Iron’s CEO Miranda Bailey and Amanda Marshall are producing the film, along with Halee Bernard and Higgins. Anthony Ciardelli and The Film Arcade’s Jason Beck will serve as Executive Producers. ICM Partners is representing the film, which starts principal photography this week in Montana.
A neo-Western thriller set in the bleak winter landscape of the Mountain West, God’s Country stars Newton as a college professor living on her own at the edge of the national forest. One day she confronts two hunters trespassing on her land, triggering a battle of wills with dangerous ramifications.
Screenwriter Shaye Ogbonna adapted the script with Higgins from the short story Winter Light by James Lee Burke. Burke is The New York Times bestselling author of the Dave Robicheaux detective series and numerous other novels. He has received two Edgar Awards and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America, as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction and a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize. Burke’s fortieth novel will be released this year.
“Julian and Shaye’s radical new take on James Lee Burke’s story is a nuanced response to the times in which we live,” said Bailey. “We are thrilled to be working on this powerful film that puts Thandie’s remarkable acting talent front and centre.”
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