Actor Tilda Swinton is the latest addition to The Ballad Of A Small Player, directed by Edward Berger, known for the multiple Oscar-winning film "All Quiet On The Western Front". Swinton, known for Suspiria, Memoria and The Chronicles of Narnia, joins Colin Farrell in the project from Netflix. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey: Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell to Star in Kogonada’s Film.
"When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation," according to the official synopsis. Rowan Joffe has penned the script based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne. Colin Farrell Birthday Special: From The Banshees of Inisherin to The Batman, 5 of the Star's Best Movies to Check Out!.
Colin Farrell to Be Joined by Tilda Swinton in Edward Berger's Netflix Film The Ballad of a Small Player
Tilda Swinton joins Colin Farrell in Edward Berger’s ‘THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER.’
It follows a high-stakes gambler who decides to lay low after his past and debts catch up with him. Along the way he encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation. pic.twitter.com/j4Lvwd7eGD
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Mike Goodridge produces the movie through his banner Good Chaos alongside Berger for Nine Hours and Matthew James Wilkinson for Stigma Films. Production is set to begin in the summer.