‘Sacrilege: The Unholy Radicalization Of Europe’: ‘Succession’s Brian Cox Set As Narrator For New Barry Avrich Doc
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Golden Globe winner Brian Cox (Succession) has been tapped as the narrator for Sacrilege: The Unholy Radicalization of Europe, a documentary from director Barry Avrich (Oscar Peterson: Black + White) and his Melbar Entertainment Group that recently wrapped production.Avrich’s latest explores how Europe became a global centre of extremism, offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how radical Islam, political errors, and the failure of immigration and integration government policies changed the course of the continent forever.
The film was shot on location in Vienna, Paris, Copenhagen, Nice, and Malmo, and features unprecedented access to former ISIS radicals, as well as victims of terrorism, radicalization experts, journalists and clerics such as the Chief Rabbi of Denmark and Nice’s top Imam.Avrich produced Sacrilege alongside Melissa Coghlan and Mark Selby, also serving as the film’s executive producer.
Melbar is looking to release the feature in late fall, following screenings at select festivals.Cox is best known for his award-winning turn as Roy family patriarch Logan in HBO’s critically acclaimed series Succession.
The actor will next appear in Joshua Caldwell’s drama Mending the Line, Catherine Hardwicke’s Prisoner’s Daughter, Matt Greene-Delanghe’s Skelly, Amy Rice’s The Independent and Alfonso Pineda Ulloa’s There Are No Saints.
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