Chris Evans will head a star studded ensemble cast in writer/director GIDEON RAFF's THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT, it was announced by producers Aaron L. Gilbert of Bron Studios and Alexandra Milchan of EMJAG Productions. Joining Evans are: Haley Bennett, Alessandro Nivola, Michael K. Williams, Michiel Huisman, Alex Hassell and Mark Ivanir and Oscar nominee Greg Kinnear and Oscar winner Sir Ben Kingsley. (Credits and reps below).
THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT is produced by Gilbert, Milchan and Raff; in association with Creative Wealth Media, whose Jason Cloth and Andy Pollack serves as executive producers. Principal photography begins on June 22 in South
AFRICA and Namibia.
The film is based on one of the most remarkable rescue missions ever, the exodus of the Ethiopian Jews from Sudan to Israel in the early 80s. Evans play Ari Kidron, the Mossad agent who led the mission.
THE STORY begins in the late 70s, when the spy agency was given an assignment far different from its usual cloak-and-dagger activities when it was ordered to help in the transfer of thousands of Ethiopian Jews who were stuck in refugee camps in Sudan and deliver them to the Jewish state. No stranger to action in enemy countries, the agency established a covert forward base in a deserted holiday village in Sudan and deployed a handful of operatives (including a team of Ethiopians on the ground) to launch and oversee the exodus to the Promised Land, by sea and by air, in the early 1980s. The Mossad's Red Sea Diving Resort operated for 5 years and saved thousands of refugees and brought them to Israel.
Raff, who directs from his original screenplay, is the co-creator of such breakout hits as "Homeland," "Tyrant" and "Dig." Aaron L. Gilbert is known for "Fences", "Beatriz at Dinner," "The Birth of a Nation," and "Tully." Alexandra Milchan is the executive producer of "The Wolf of Wall Street" and the upcoming
AMC series "The Terror", and producer of the upcoming "Untitled Re
Ed Morano," "Paranoia," "Street Kings" and "Mirrors."
The award-winning behind-the-scenes team on THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT includes; Director Of Photography Roberto Schaefer ("Quantum of Solace", "Finding Neverland", "The Host"); Production Designer Jeff Mann ("Transformers", "Mr & Mrs. Smith", "Tropic Thunder"); Costume Designer Ruth Myers ("The Legend of Tarzan", "The Golden Compass", "L.A Confidential"); Editor Tim Squyres ("Unbroken", "Life of Pi", "Hulk") and Casting Director: Mary Vernieu ("The Magnificent Seven", "Suicide Squad," "The Birth of a Nation").
- Chris Evans (CAA, 3 Arts Entertainment, Attorney Jason Sloane) credits include "Captain America," "Gifted," and "Snowpiercer."
- Haley Bennett (CAA) credits include: "The Girl On the Train", "Magnificent Seven" and "The Equalizer."
- Alessandro Nivola (CAA, Management 360) credits include: the upcoming "Wizard of Lies," "Selma", "American Hustle" and "Jurassic Park III."
- Michael K. Williams (WME, Silver Lining Entertainment) credits include: "Assassins Creed", "12 Years a Slave" and "Gone Baby Gone."
- Michiel Huisman (UTA, Conway, Van Gelder, Grant, Authentic) credits include: "Treme," "Game of Thrones" and "The Age of Adeline."
- Alex Hassell (The Gersh Agency, Magnolia Entertainment) credits include: "Suburbicon" and "Cold Mountain."
- Mark Ivanir (Abrams Artist Agency) credits include: the upcoming feature "Entrebbe" and the HBO series "Barry" and Amazon's "Transparent."
- Greg Kinnear's (WME) credits include: "Little Miss Sunshine", "As Good As it Gets" and "Little Men."
- Sir Ben Kingsley (CAA) credits include: "Shutter Island", "Shindlers List" and "Hugo."
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