The BatmanduoPaul DanoandPeter Sarsgaardare set to joinJake Gyllenhaalin Netflix’s thrillerThe Guiltyalong withRiley Keough,Bill Burr,Da’Vine Joy RandolphandEdi Pattersonas well asThe Good Lord BirdstarsEthan HawkeandBeau Knapp.
Other new additions to the cast includeByron Bowers(Honey Boy),David Castañeda(The Umbrella Academy),Christina Vidal(7 Days to Vegas) andAdrian Martinez(I Feel Pretty).
The Guiltytakes place over the course of a single morning in a 911 dispatch call center. Call operator Joe Bayler (Gyllenhaal) tries to save a caller in grave danger, but he soon discovers that nothing is as it seems, and facing the truth is the only way out.
Antoine Fuquais directing from a script byNic Pizzolatto(True Detective) that is based onGustav Moller’s 2018 Danish drama of the same name. Not only doesThe Guiltyserve as a reunion between Fuqua and hisSouthpawstar Gyllenhaal, but it reunites the actor with hisPrisonersco-star Dano.
Gyllenhaal is producing alongside his Nine Stories partnerRiva Marker, while Fuqua will produce under his Fuqua Films banner along withKat Samick. The rest of the producing team includesScott Greenberg, Bold Films quartetMichel Litvak,Gary Michael Walters,David LitvakandSvetlana Metkina, and Amet Entertainment’sDavid Haring.
Pizzolatto and Moller will executive produce alongsideAnnie Marter,Lina Flint,Christian Mercuri,Jon Oakes,Justin BurschandEric Greenfeld. With Netflix announcing the full cast on Friday, I think it’s safe to assume that production is about to get under way, if it hasn’t started already.
What’s interesting about this news is the fact that Fuqua is clearly opening up the story, as the original Danish film featured a fairly small ensemble. Not only is this a much larger cast, but it happens to be pretty stacked. I mean, you don’t hire actors of this caliber to say one line and have them disappear. Dano, Sarsgaard and Hawke are all legitimate movie stars, while I’m a huge fan Knapp and Martinez, two character actors who couldn’t be more different. To be honest, I didn’t loveThe Guiltywhen I saw it at Sundance two years ago, but I am more excited than ever for this remake thanks to the gifted ensemble Gyllenhaal has surrounded himself with here.
WME represents Sarsgaard and Dano, who is also repped by Anonymous Content. WME also reps Bowers along with Paul Young’s Make Good Content. Castañeda is repped by Buchwald and Stark Management. To watch the trailer forThe Batman,click here.
