Eddie Redmayne and Hirokazu Kore-eda Team Up for New Searchlight Pictures Feature

According to Deadline, Searchlight Pictures has officially boarded director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s next English-language project, securing Eddie Redmayne to both star and produce the upcoming untitled feature.

What’s Happening:

• Acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda is set to write and direct a new English-language film under the Searchlight Pictures banner.
• Eddie Redmayne will lead the cast and serve as a producer alongside Jonathan King and Ash Sarohia.
• While the partnership is confirmed, specific plot details are currently being kept under wraps.
• The executive production team includes Joyce Jun and Kaoru Matsuzaki.
• This news follows the massive success of The Day of the Jackal on Peacock and Sky, which Redmayne both starred in and executive produced.
• This marks another international venture for Kore-eda, following his work on the French film The Truth and the Korean hit Broker.

A Convergence of Prestige

• This project brings together a director known for intimate, humanistic storytelling and an actor currently dominating both the streaming and theatrical landscapes.
• Beyond his recent Golden Globe and SAG nominations for The Day of the Jackal, Redmayne is gearing up for the Warner Bros. film Panic Carefully alongside Julia Roberts.
• Kore-eda released Monster in 2023 and will soon release Sheep in the Box.

About Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cinematic Language:

• Kore-eda is often compared to the legendary Yasujirō Ozu for his focus on complex family dynamics and the chosen family trope, most notably explored in his 2018 masterpiece Shoplifters.
• Shoplifters earned the top prize at Cannes and an Academy Award nomination, making it one of the most commercially and critically successful Japanese films of the decade.
• While rooted in Japanese cinema, Kore-eda has successfully navigated cross-cultural productions, including the Netflix series The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House.
• His films frequently highlight those on the margins of society, using a gentle, observational style to critique systemic failures.

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