Darren Aronofsky is self-discipline to order “The Whale” at A24 with Brendan Fraser connected to star, in step with a boom in Time restrict. A24 secured worldwide rights to the film.
MacArthur-a hit playwright Samuel D. Hunter will write the screenplay in step with his 2012 play of the identical establish.
“The Whale” centers on a housebound 500-pound man with congestive heart failure who’s looking to tie up free ends in his existence, alongside with alongside with his ex-wife and estranged daughter.
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“Adapting my play into a screenplay has been a right labor of luxuriate in for me,” Hunter said in a press originate. “This checklist is deeply inner most and I’m very grateful this would moreover occupy the likelihood to set a wider target market. I’ve been keen on Darren’s ever since I noticed ‘Requiem for a Dream’ as soon as I used to be a college freshman writing my first performs, and I’m so grateful that he’s bringing his singular skills and imaginative and prescient to this film.”
“The Whale” marks Aronofsky’s first film since directing Jennifer Lawrence in 2017’s “Mother” for Paramount.
Fraser used to be most no longer too prolonged ago seen in “Have faith,” the FX restricted series.
Aronofsky is repped by CAA and Fraser is repped by Gersh and Brillstein Entertainment
Time restrict first reported the knowledge.
A24 didn’t retort to TheWrap’s search info from of for comment.
