EXCLUSIVE: One day before Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter premieres at the Venice Film Festival, I can reveal that the filmmaker’s next project is already gathering pace.Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver are attached to lead Master Gardener, a crime thriller Schrader is directing from his original screenplay.
It follows a meticulous horticulturist (Edgerton) who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager (Weaver).
When she demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great niece, it unlocks dark secrets from a buried violent past.HanWay is reuniting with the director having sold out the world on The Card Counter, which Focus Features releases this month.
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