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Director Mary Harron currently behind the camera for the big screen adaptation of THE MOTH DIARIES
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posted Sep 10, 2010, 00:29
Shooting under way in Montreal.
Shooting under way in Montreal.
(Montreal) THE MOTH DIARIES commenced principal photography on the official
Canada-Ireland co-production on August 31 on location in and around Montreal.
The gothic horror feature film written and directed by Mary Harron is based
on the cult novel of the same name written by Rachel Klein. The motion picture
stars Lily Cole, Sarah Gadon, Sarah Bolger and Scott Speedman. Production continues
until October 8.
At Brangwyn, an elite girls boarding school, Rebecca (Sarah Bolger), a young
girl haunted by her father's suicide, begins her junior year hoping for a fresh
start. From the outset her friendship with sunny, innocent Lucy (Sarah Gadon)
is shattered by the arrival of Ernessa (Lily Cole), a mysterious, dark and beautiful
girl from Europe. As her friendship with Lucy slips away, Rebecca develops a
crush on her handsome English professor, Mr. Davies (Scott Speedman), who is
teaching a course on supernatural fiction.
The supernatural elements in THE MOTH DIARIES are rooted in the real experience
of a young girl faced with her emerging sexuality and caught in a web of obsessive
friendship, jealousy and betrayal.
The film's producers are Sandra Cunningham of Strada Films, Karine Martin of
Mediamax (a division of Mediabiz International) and David Collins of Irish production
company Samson Films. Ronald Gilbert of Mediamax is the co-producer. Executive
producers are Edward R. Pressman of Edward R. Pressman Film, Jean-Francois Doray
and Louis-Simon Menard of Mediabiz International.
Director and screenwriter Mary Harron is best-known for her acclaimed feature
film American Psycho, based on Bret Easton Ellis' controversial novel, starring
Christian Bale and produced by Edward R. Pressman, as well as her films I Shot
Andy Warhol and The Notorious Bettie Page, the story of 1950s pinup and bondage
model Bettie Page.
Lily Cole's successful modeling career, in which she has been photographed
for Chanel, Hermes and Louis Vuitton among others, has made Lily one of the
most recognizable faces in the world. Her first leading role was in Terry Gilliam's
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus in which she starred alongside Heath Ledger,
Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law, and for which she recently garnered
a 2010 Scream Awards nomination for Best Fantasy Actress.
Dublin-based Sarah Bolger recently starred opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers in
Showtime's hit series The Tudors for which she won an Irish Film and Television
Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her growing list of film credits includes
Oscar-nominated director Jim Sheridan's In America, Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
alongside Mickey Rourke and Bill Nighy and the fantasy adventure The Spiderwick
Chronicles.
Newcomer Sarah Gadon will next appear in David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method
alongside Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Viggo Mortensen, and Dream
House directed by six-time Academy Award nominee Jim Sheridan, and starring
Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts and Rachel Weisz.
Scott Speedman most recently starred in Atom Egoyan's film Adoration. He also
starred opposite Liv Tyler in Universal/Rogue's box office smash The Strangers.
Scott will next be seen in two Toronto International Film Festival selections:
Barney's Version, opposite Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman, and with Jay Baruchel
in the thriller Good Neighbours.
THE MOTH DIARIES is produced with the financial participation of Telefilm Canada,
the Irish Film Board, Mediabiz International, Future Films Ltd., the Harold
Greenberg Fund and Windmill Lane, Dublin.
The film is distributed by Alliance Films in Canada, Lionsgate in the UK, and
represented by Cinetic in the US. Wild Bunch is responsible for international
sales. The release for the film is set for 2011.
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