Three more stars join DiCaprio, Kingsley in Shutter Island
News
-Staff
By Staff
Washington
(ANI):
Max
von
Sydow,
Emily
Mortimer
and
Jackie
Earle
Haley
have
signed
on
to
join
Leonardo
DiCaprio,
Mark
Ruffalo,
Ben
Kingsley,
Michelle
Williams
and
Patricia
Clarkson
in
Martin
Scorsese's
mystery
drama
'Shutter
Island'
for
Paramount
Pictures.
The
film,
adapted
by
Laeta
Kalogridis
from
Dennis
Lehane's
2004
novel,
revolves
around
two
U.S.
marshals
(DiCaprio
and
Ruffalo)
who
travel
to
a
Massachusetts
island
to
investigate
the
disappearance
of
a
patient
from
a
hospital
for
the
criminally
insane.
Chaos
ensues
for
the
two
as
they
encounter
a
web
of
deceit,
a
hurricane
and
a
deadly
inmate
riot
that
leaves
them
trapped
on
the
island.
Sydow
will
portray
one
of
the
hospital's
physicians,
Mortimer
will
play
the
role
of
Rachel,
an
escaped
hospital
patient
and
Haley
will
star
as
an
inmate,
reports
the
Hollywood
Reporter.
Phoenix
Pictures,
Scorsese's
Sikelia
Prods.
and
DiCaprio's
Appian
Way
are
producing
the
pic
with
Mike
Medavoy,
Arnold
Messer,
Brad
Fischer
and
Scorsese
serving
as
producers.
Kalogridis,
Lehane
and
Louis
Phillips
are
executive
producers
of
the
film.
Paramount
Vantage
sold
the
project
to
several
major
European
territories
including
Germany
(TeleMunchen)
and
Italy
(Medusa).
TeleMunchen
picked
up
the
film's
distribution
rights
for
12
million
dollars
while
Medusa
paid
10
million
dollars.
Production
is
scheduled
begin
on
March
6.