Mirren & Postlethwaite Join Joffe's New "Brighton Rock" Film

Variety is reporting that Helen Mirren and Pete Postlethwaite have joined the cast of Director Rowan Joffe's upcoming film "Brighton Rock." The pair join Sam Riley and Andrea Riseborough, who were previously announcd as part of the cast.

The film is "an adaptation of Graham Greene's classic novel "Brighton Rock," about a young gangster who marries a waitress who has witnessed a murder he has committed to keep her quiet. Greene's novel was previously adapted into a film in 1947. Richard Attenborough and Carol Marsh starred in that version." This new incarnation will not be a remake; instead, it goes back to the source material, though setting it in 1964 instead of the book's original setting of 1939.

Optimum Relasing is executive producing the film, which will be produced by Paul Webster and BBC Films.

The film is budgeted as $10-12 million, and filming will start in October.

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Helen Mirren was most recently seen in PHÈDRE at the National Theatre of London, where she is an Associate. Her many stage appearances include Mourning Becomes Electra and Antony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre, Dance of Death (Broadway), Orpheus Descending (Donmar Warehouse) and A Month in the Country (West End and New York). Her extensive and multi award-winning screen work includes The Queen (Academy Award for Best Actress), Prime Suspect (three BAFTA and two Emmy Awards for Best Actress), Elizabeth I (Golden Globe for Best Actress), Ayn Rand (Emmy Award for Best Actress), Calendar Girls, The Last Station, State of Play and The Madness of King George.