EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter) and Oscar winner Riz Ahmed (The Long Goodbye) have joined Christos Nikou’s (Apples) anticipated English-language feature film debut Fingernails, we can reveal.FilmNation is launching sales on the hot package at the Cannes market next week and is co-repping U.S.
rights with CAA Media Finance and WME Independent.Nikou’s lauded pandemic-themed debut Apples was a buzz title at the 2020 Venice Film Festival.
He has scripted his new project with Sam Steiner and Apples co-writer Stavros Raptis.Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films is producing alongside Arrival outfit FilmNation Entertainment, which is also financing.
Jerome Duboz will serve as executive producer. Carey Mulligan was previously attached to the project but is no longer aboard.In the world of the surreal drama, described to us as a “grounded sci-fi love story,” a test has been discovered that measures whether couples are truly in love.
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