By Andreas Wiseman International Editor EXCLUSIVE: Sliding Doors director Peter Howitt has been set to direct Lock Down, a feature set during the Covid-19 pandemic and the national shutdown in the U.S.
Howitt is directing from an original screenplay that he wrote with Gary Preisler (Kill Chain) who will produce alongside Nadine de Barros of Fortitude International and Sophie Seifried.
Fortitude is financing and representing international sales rights. The firm will be shopping the project in the run up to, and during, the Cannes virtual market next month.
This will be one of multiple pandemic-themed projects at the market. Producers are currently casting and eyeing a September 2020 start date in Los Angeles.
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