Cannes 2011: Cannes director and ‘Memento’ producer will collaborate on new mbovie, possily with Chris Pine
American actor Chris Pine, known most for his roles in Star Trek and Unstoppable, is in talks to star in a new movie called "Mud," a coming-of-age story that will be written and directed by emerging Cannes director Jeff Nichols and produced by "Memento" producer Aaron Ryder, according to a source close to the project who asked not to be identified.
In an interview Sunday, Ryder declined to comment on the status of the Pine talks. But he did confirm the new movie and described it as in the vein of "Stand by Me," essentially a drama about figuring out one's place in the world.
Nichols' new movie will center on two 14-year-boys who come across an adult fugitive of the law, the titular Mud (who would be played by Pine) and must help him escape off an island in the Mississippi. The riverside setting and coming-of-age motif will inevitably draw comparisons to Huckleberry Finn, though the new movie will be set in the contemporary world.
Nichols is the filmmaker behind the supernatural-tinged new movie "Take Shelter," which is playing in the Critics Week section at the Cannes Film Festival.