Looks like Game of Thrones actress Natalie Dormer is stepping up her game with Anthony Byrne’s new thriller In Darkness. Not only is Dormer playing a blind pianist on the run, but she also helped pen the screenplay.
The film co-stars Ed Skrein, who is best known as the villain Ajax in Deadpool, and Emily Ratajkowski, who is best known as Ben Affleck’s teenage girlfriend in David Fincher’s thriller Gone Girl. And if you’ve missed word on the film until today, no worries, as we have the flick’s poster and trailer for you to check up on.
I’m immediately interested in seeing the film for not only the cast but to check out how Dormer does with a pen. Plus, the film’s synopsis (which you can read below) sounds like some good old fashioned giallo times to me.
In Darkness is directed by Anthony Byrne from a script he co-wrote with Dormer. The film stars Dormer along with Ratajkowski, Skrein, Joely Richardson, and James Cosmo; it hits theaters and On Demand May 25th.
Synopsis:
Blind pianist Sofia overhears a struggle in the apartment above hers that leads to the death of her neighbor Veronique. It is the start of a journey that pulls Sofia out of her depth and brings her into contact with Veronique’s father, Milos Radic, a Serbian businessman accused of being a war criminal. Sofia is drawn into a dangerous world of corruption, investigating police, hitmen and the Russian mafia – a world with links to Sofia’s own hidden past and a path of revenge she has kept hidden until now.
The ‘Game of Thrones’ star produced and stars in the thriller which she co-wrote with partner Anthony Byrne, who directed.
Vertical Entertainment, which released Molly Shannon’s cancer comedy Other People, has taken U.S. rights to In Darkness, a thriller starring Game of Thrones alum Natalie Dormer and Ed Skrein.
In the film, Dormer plays Sofia, a blind pianist who gets pulled into London’s dark underbelly after she overhears a struggle in the apartment above hers that leads to the death of her neighbor Veronique (Emily Ratajkowski). It is the start of a journey that pulls Sofia out of her depth and brings her into contact with Veronique’s father, Milos Radic (Jan Bijvoet), a Serbian businessman accused of being a war criminal.
Dormer’s partner, Anthony Byrne, directed the film and the pair co-wrote the screenplay and produced together with Adam Morane-Griffiths, Ben Pugh, and Josh Varney for production house 42.
“The zeitgeist dialogue on gender disparity hadn’t even begun when we started writing In Darknesstogether,” said Dormer and Byrne in a joint statement. “We celebrate that the industry landscape is finally shifting and are proud to share In Darkness with its strong yet flawed heroine.”
Vertical plans to release the movie theatrically this May. Rory Aitken and Josh Horsfield executive produced. Vertical picked up U.S. rights to the title in a deal with UTA Independent Film Group. XYZ Films is handling international rights and shopping the title to buyers in Berlin.
“Natalie Dormer and Anthony Byrne are two incredibly passionate filmmakers who have brought a powerful female voice to the forefront of this exciting thriller and we look forward to bringing the film to audiences around the U.S.,” said Vertical Entertainment co-president Rich Goldberg.
