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Monday, February 25, 2013

Schoenaerts Joins "Animal Rescue"

César Award winner Matthias Schoenaerts ("Rust and Bone") has landed a supporting role in Michael R. Roskam's film adaptation of author Dennis Lehane's short story "Animal Rescue".


Schoenaerts tells The Playlist: "I'll be shooting in New York with Michael Roskam, we're shooting his first American feature film. I have a supporting role in that, and I really look forward"

The pair worked on Bullhead together

The crime thriller follows a lonely Boston bartender (Tom Hardy) who rescues a puppy from a garbage can and becomes the target of the dog's abusive and mentally unstable former owner. At the same time he becomes caught up in the middle of a criminal conspiracy playing out in his mob-controlled bar.

Noomi Rapace ("Prometheus") plays  Nadia, a woman with a massive neck scar who crosses paths with Hardy when he finds a wounded puppy outside her home.

Neil Burger was previously attached to direct but dropped out to helm "Divergent" instead

Lehane adapted the script from his own short story.

Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Jenno Topping and Mike Larocca are producing the film.

Production happens in the spring

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