Tilda Swinton is joiningColin Farrell in Edward Berger and Netflix‘s The Ballad of a Small Player, we can reveal. The story follows a high-stakes gambler who decides to lay low in Macau 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. Production is due to start in Asia this summer.
Rowan Joffe is adapting the script that is is based on the novel by Lawrence Osborne. Mike Goodridge is producing through his Good Chaos banner along with Berger for his Nine Hours banner as well as Matthew James Wilkinson for Stigma Films.
The film marks the first project under Berger’s creative partnership and global first-look film deal with Netflix, via his company Nine Hours.
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