Rachel Weisz is a 'Whistleblower'
Filed under: Drama, Independent, Casting
One of my first Cinematical posts all the way back in 2006 was about The Whistleblower, and all these months and years later, it's finally coming to fruition after a little studio jostling. Variety reports HBO Films has grabbed the indie drama, and they have nabbed none other than Rachel Weisz to star. While I was definitely hoping for her to add some more intelligent quirk to her resume (a la Brothers Bloom) this project will definitely give her some meaty material to work with.Written by Eilis Kirwan and Larysa Kondracki (and to be directed by the latter), Whistleblower focuses the story of Kathryn Bolkovac, a cop from Nebraska who traveled overseas to work in post-war Bosnia as a UN peacekeepe. She ran an office that investigated sex crimes, and while there, she witnessed atrocities, but shockingly -- they were performed by "peacekeepers, police, and U.N. workers." This, of course, prompted her to expose a big UN sex-trafficking cover-up.
In other words, more constant gardening and truth quests for Weisz. The film will shoot in Budapest, but no production date has been released ... hopefully it won't take another 2.5 years to come.
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5-06-2009 @ 9:28PM
Tom said...
Rachel Weisz is probably one of the best working actresses we have and I'm interested in this film.
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5-08-2009 @ 3:08AM
Grant said...
Agreed. She's tremendous. Loved her in About a Boy.
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5-08-2009 @ 3:36AM
beltway said...
She's had many stinkers of late like Definitely Maybe,Fountain,Fred Claus, those are as bad as the Mummy too. Is she bitten by the Oscar curse too?
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5-08-2009 @ 3:41AM
beltway said...
she needs to bypass the Oscar curse with her lame acting and projects like Fred Claus,Fountain,Definitely Maybe.
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5-08-2009 @ 11:19AM
Mary said...
The Fountain and Definitely Maybe were both very good films and Rachel's in Fred Claus for about five minute of screen time., so you should keep your mouth shut Beltway because you really have no idea on what you are talking about.
As for Weisz, she's one of the strongest actresses around and i do want to see this film.
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5-08-2009 @ 11:43AM
Nora said...
I love Rachel Weisz, she always gives great performances and she just always manages to ether steal the film and or make a film better than it should be and very few actors can do that except for the best and Rachel is one of the best.
Not only does this film sound very good but i can't wait for her new film coming out in a few weeks called " The Brothers Bloom", which looks great as well.
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