David Oyelowo, Kate Mara cast in thriller ‘Captive’Posted by Wilson Morales
October 16, 2013
Source: THR
David Oyelowo, who recently starred as Forest Whitaker‘s son in ‘Lee Daniel’s The Butler,’ has landed a lead role in the true-life thriller ‘Captive,’ opposite ‘House of Cards‘ actress Kate Mara.
THR states that Jerry Jameson (1980’s Raise the Titanic) is directing the feature, which is also being produced with Brightside Entertainment, 1019 Entertainment and Oyelowo’s Yoruba Saxon Productions.
The story is based on the true events that occurred in Atlanta, Ga., on March 11, 2005. That’s when Brian Nichols, who will be played by Oyelowo in the movie, broke out of a courthouse jail and shot dead the judge assigned to his case as well as a court reporter, sheriff’s deputy and FBI officer.
While eluding a statewide manhunt, Nichols took Ashley Smith (Mara), a single mother struggling with meth addiction, hostage in her own apartment. Over the course of her ordeal, Smith used a book she had been given, Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life, to reason with her captor, with surprising results.
Along with Leonor Varela and Mimi Rogers in the cast, Brian Bird and Reinhard Denke are adapting Ashley Smith’s best-selling book An Unlikely Angel.
Alex Garcia, Lucas Akoskin, Terry Botwick, Oyelowo and Ken Wales will produce. Katrina Wolfe, Jonathan Gray, Ralph Winter, Elliott Lester and Bird are executive producing.
The film is set to begin principal photography later this month.
Oyelowo, who has appeared in about 7-10 films within the last 2 years, is currently shooting Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, while Mara recently wrapped shooting Wally Pfister‘sTranscendence, Alcon’s sci-fi thriller starring Johnny Depp and executive produced by Nolan.
