Los Angeles, CA – Emmy® winning actress Thandie Newton, soon to be seen in the third season of HBO’s “Westworld,” will star in director Julian Higgins’ debut feature God’s Country, Cold Iron Pictures and The Film Arcade announced today.
Cold Iron’s CEO Miranda Bailey and Amanda Marshall are producing the film, along with Halee Bernard and Higgins. Anthony Ciardelli and The Film Arcade’s Jason Beck will serve as Executive Producers. ICM Partners is representing the film, which starts principal photography this week in Montana.
A neo-Western thriller set in the bleak winter landscape of the Mountain West, God’s Country stars Newton as a college professor living on her own at the edge of the national forest. One day she confronts two hunters trespassing on her land, triggering a battle of wills with dangerous ramifications.
Screenwriter Shaye Ogbonna adapted the script with Higgins from the short story “Winter Light” by James Lee Burke. Burke is The New York Times bestselling author...
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