PALMER/HITCHCOCK, HITCHCOCK/PALMER
As we were shipping our annual “25 New Faces of Independent Film” issue last week, we were very happy to hear that writer-director Chase Palmer, who we selected for the list in 2005, has secured financing for his excellent script, Number Thirteen (formerly titled The Young Hitchcockians). The film is a dramatic recreation of what might have happened during the making of Alfred Hitchock’s first film, told in a style that’s, well, quite Hitchcockian.
Production begins in January, and Ewan MacGregor and Geoffrey Rush are said to be close to signing on to play the leads opposite, Dan Fogler, who’s already been cast as Hitch. Gail Mutrux is producing the film, with Union Square Entertainment putting up the money.
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