Bright Side

Pete Postlethwaite and Helen Mirren have signed on to join the cast of the latest film version of Brighton Rock says THR.

Based on Graham Greene's celebrated novel, the story has Sam Riley starring as Pinkie, a young gangster who marries a waitress named Rose (Andrea Riseborough) to keep her quiet after she sees him commit a revenge killing.

Mirren and Postlethwaite will play Ida and Phil Cokery, a couple who try to save Rose and expose Pinkie.

The novel was previously adapted in 1947 starring Richard Attenborough and Carol Marsh. The new film will stick closer to the source material but change the time period from 1939 to 1964.

Rowan Joffe’s directing from his own adapted screenplay.

Shooting is scheduled to start in October.