Barry Keoghan, Riley Keough in Talks for ‘Butterfly Jam’ From ‘Beanpole’ Director Kantemir Balagov, ‘Emilia Pérez’ Producers (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comBarry Keoghan (“Saltburn”) and Riley Keough (“Mad Max: Fury Road”) are in talks to star in “Butterfly Jam,” the first English-language feature from Kantemir Balagov, the Russian director behind the acclaimed 2019 drama “Beanpole.” The film, which launched in Cannes last year with Goodfellas selling, is based on Balagov’s script about a tight-knit U.S.
community of Circassian immigrants and a complicated relationship between a father and son, in which the son imbues his father with qualities he doesn’t actually possess.
The script has already circulated among select distributors and has sparked some anticipation. Variety understands CAA Media Finance is co-repping the title with UTA for North America.
Pascal Caucheteux’s Why Not Productions — which produced “Emilia Perez” — is joining Alexander Rodnyansky’s AR Content to produce the film, which will be financed by AR Content.
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