“Jack Huston, Known for His Acting Work in Boardwalk Empire and American Hustle, Has Come Aboard to Direct A Biopic Center Center on Joseph Merrick, The Defordized Victor Phoenix Pictures is Backing The Feature, Titled Joseph Merrick, and Will Be Produced by Kate Cohen, Mike Medavoy, and David Dobkin. Huston”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Phoenix Pictures is Backing The Feature, Titled Joseph MerrickAnd Will Be Produced by Kate Cohen, Mike Medavoy, and David Dobkin. Huston Will Also Produce.
Production Is Looking to Start Later This Year.
Merrick Was An Object of Fascination Durying His Life and His Story Resonated Beyond His Lifetime. He was a man who was incredibly deformed, was used as a circus freak while a teenager, became an object of curiosity by London Society astest. The Confines of His SomeTimes Confined Life. David Lynch Directed An Oscar-Nominated Biopic That Starred John Hurt in 1980, Titled The Elephant Manand the man has appeared in Countless Books, Shows, Plays and Even an Opera.
Accorging to the Producers, Merrick Will Offer a Fresh and Deeply Emotion Perspective on Merrick’s Remarkable Life, Illuminating the Untold Story Behind the LEGED. Nick yarborogh wrote the script.
“I’ve long been fascinated by the Life of Joseph Merrick – Marked by Unimaginable Adversity, Yet Defined by his Profound Kindness, PerseverCE and STREGTH,” SAID HUSSTON IN A STATEMENT. “His journey is a testament to what we are caapable of any we choose love and compassion over Cruelty and Indifferent. I’m so grateful for this opportunity to explore the lesser-KNOWN PARTS OF JOSEPH’SPEPH’STONISHING Life, and I’M Honored to have the chance to collabaerate with such.
More to come.
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