Bad Luck (2011)
The Three Musketeers (2011)
Bringing Up Bobby (2011)
Faces in the Crowd (2011)
Dirty Girl (2011)
Vykrutasy (2010)
Stone (2010)
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
Blood Into Wine (2010)
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
The Fourth Kind (2009)
Entertainment news website Variety (a generally reliable source for movie news) reports Milla Jovovich has signed on to star in Julien Magnat’s upcoming psychological thriller, Faces in the Crowd. Shooting will begin this March. From Variety:
Milla Jovovich will star in writer-director Julien Magnat’s psychological thriller Faces in the Crowd for Forecast Pictures, Radar Films and Minds Eye Entertainment. [...] Sylvain White, who directed Stomp the Yard, is also onboard to produce and mentor Magnat, who is making his English-language helming debut with the project, which he also penned.
Story centers on a woman who barely survives an attack by a serial killer and wakes up in hospital with a head injury that leaves her “face-blind.” No longer able to recognize faces, she must navigate a world in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them. All the while the killer is closing in, determined to eliminate the potential witness.
“Julien has written a breathtaking thriller that is truly original, and I was hooked from the first read,” Mednick said of the screenplay that deals with the real-life neurological disorder called prosopagnosia.
Lensing will begin in March. International sales will be handled at next week’s American Film Market by Voltage Pictures.
Although Milla’s official site has yet to confirm the news, Variety is usually right on the money when it comes to film news of this kind. As soon as the news is confirmed, we’ll be adding the movie to our list of Milla’s upcoming productions. Congratulations on another exciting project, Milla!
Update: Official synopsis via Dread Central:
A serial killer has been terrorizing the city. An innocent bystander witnesses his latest attack, but while fleeing, she falls from a bridge and is knocked unconscious. When she awakes in the hospital, she can’t recognize family, her boyfriend or even her own face in the mirror. She is diagnosed with prosopagnosia, or ‘face blindness’. This is a real neurological disorder, like dyslexia but with faces, caused by a lesion of the temporal lobe, the part of the brain that allows us in a heartbeat to compare someone’s face with all the faces stored in our memory. She is incapable of recognizing the same face twice. Every time she looks at someone, it’s like she’s never met them before. Being the only witness, she is hunted by the killer, leaving her paranoid in a sea of unfamiliar faces. Where can she turn? Who can she trust? Who is she waking up next to? Who is standing next to her? This suspense thriller takes us on a terrifying ride thru the blurry eyes of a woman searching for a monster amongst the faces in the crowd.