I was happy enough to see Willem Dafoe and Matt Dillon come together on The Whiskey Bay, yet the crime thriller is still managing to cohere rather nicely. According to Deadline, Tom Berenger, Neal McDonoguh, Amy Smart, Frederick Weller (In Plain Sight), and Christopher Marquette (Kilimanjaro, Life During Wartime) will also star for debut director Chris Brinker.
We had previously been told that his debut, penned by Jonny Hirschbein, would follow “a veteran cop (Dafoe)” who uses “estranged white supremacist and ex-con, Jesse Wheeler (Dillon)” as an undercover agent against the man’s former Aryan Brotherhood brethren; this is reflected in the casting, as Berenger is coming on to appear as the group’s “amoral architect,” as Amy Smart has been signed for the role of Jesse‘s wife.
Should things work out, Whiskey Bay will end up being, in Brinker‘s words, “a movie which is reminiscent of my...
We had previously been told that his debut, penned by Jonny Hirschbein, would follow “a veteran cop (Dafoe)” who uses “estranged white supremacist and ex-con, Jesse Wheeler (Dillon)” as an undercover agent against the man’s former Aryan Brotherhood brethren; this is reflected in the casting, as Berenger is coming on to appear as the group’s “amoral architect,” as Amy Smart has been signed for the role of Jesse‘s wife.
Should things work out, Whiskey Bay will end up being, in Brinker‘s words, “a movie which is reminiscent of my...
- 8/28/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Willem Dafoe and Matt Dillon are in line to star in Whiskey Bay. The pair will join Chris Brinker for his directorial debut, reports Deadline. Jonny Hirschbein's screenplay centres around a veteran cop (Dafoe) who brings in former white supremacist Jesse Wheeler (Dillon). The latter is trying to start his life over, but had agreed to go undercover to (more)...
- 8/16/2012
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
When you hear the title Whiskey Bay, we’re betting your mind flicks to crowd-pleasing comedies like Waking Ned. But for this one, you’d be wrong: it’s a tough tale of white supremacy and undercover work that has attracted Willem Dafoe and Matt Dillon to star.Jonny Hirschbein is responsible for the script, which has veteran police officer Dafoe arresting estranged former Aryan Brotherhood member Jesse Wheeler (Dillon). Wheeler is trying to start anew in his life, but is recruited to go back into it as an undercover operative to expose illegal activities. So more American History X than Whisky Galore! then…Chris Brinker is calling the shots and will head to Louisiana to make the film. Dafoe will next be seen in Tomorrow You’re Gone and Odd Thomas, and is set for Lars Von Trier’s The Nymphomaniac. He appeared recently in The Hunter and webchatted to us about it here.
- 8/16/2012
- EmpireOnline
Any forthcoming specifics notwithstanding, Willem Dafoe is my two-word code for “count me in.” Anybody who’s seen the man at work — this would have to go past the Spider-Man trilogy, I’m afraid, despite his work there being unabashed fun — knows why that is; they get why he’s one of the best out there right now.
Anyway, Deadline reports that he and Matt Dillon are both signed to headline an independent crime thriller, Whiskey Bay, which Boondock Saints producer Chris Brinker will cut his directorial teeth on. Penned by Jonny Hirschbein, the picture revolves around “a veteran cop (Dafoe)” who uses “estranged white supremacist and ex-con, Jesse Wheeler (Dillon)” as an undercover agent against the man’s former Aryan Brotherhood brethren.
All that Dafoe love can only propel Whiskey Bay even further in my mind, though Dillon‘s not such a slouch, either. So long as the script’s “right,...
Anyway, Deadline reports that he and Matt Dillon are both signed to headline an independent crime thriller, Whiskey Bay, which Boondock Saints producer Chris Brinker will cut his directorial teeth on. Penned by Jonny Hirschbein, the picture revolves around “a veteran cop (Dafoe)” who uses “estranged white supremacist and ex-con, Jesse Wheeler (Dillon)” as an undercover agent against the man’s former Aryan Brotherhood brethren.
All that Dafoe love can only propel Whiskey Bay even further in my mind, though Dillon‘s not such a slouch, either. So long as the script’s “right,...
- 8/15/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Matt Dillon and Willem Dafoe are set to star in Whiskey Bay, an independent drama directed by Chris Brinker. The Jonny Hirschbein-scripted film stars Dafoe as a veteran cop who busts estranged white supremacist and ex-con, Jesse Wheeler. Dillon plays Wheeler, a notorious former member of the Aryan Brotherhood who’s trying to start his life over but gets enlisted to go undercover to expose illegal activities in the organization. Scott Einbinder, Matt Rhodes, Jim Crabbe, Nancy Green-Keyes and Kevin Chapman are producing and the film will shoot in Louisiana. Dillon stars with Kristen Wiig and Annette Bening in Imogene, which premieres at Toronto, and completed Sunlight Jr with Naomi Watts and Pawn Shop Chronicles with Elijah Wood, Paul Walker and Brendan Fraser. He’s repped by CAA and Untitled while Dafoe is repped by ICM Partners and D/F Management.
- 8/15/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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