John Travolta & Ethan Hawke to Star in Jason Blum's Horror Film IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE

According to The Hollywood Reporter, John Travolta and Ethan Hawke are closing deals to star in Jason Blum's latest horror film IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE. Ti West will write and direct.

Though plot points are scarce, VALLEY "is described as a Western horror film set in the 1890s."

In a career spanning four decades, John Travolta has been in many of Hollwood's biggest box office successes, from the global smash-hit musical Grease alongside Olivia Newton-John to the Look Who's Talking franchise. He has been honoured twice with Best Actor Oscar nominations, the latest for his riveting portrayal of a philosophical hit-man inQuentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. He also received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for this highly acclaimed role and was named Best Actor by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, among other distinguished awards. He earned his first Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for his role as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever. His additional film credits include Brian DePalma thrillers Carrie and Blowout, as well as Nora Ephron's comic hit Michael. Travolta starred in Phenomenon and took an equally distinctive turn as an action star in John Woo's top-grossing Broken Arrow. He also starred in the classic Face/Off opposite Nicolas Cage. Travolta garnered further praise as a Mafioso-turned-movie producer in The Comedy sensation Get Shorty, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy. In 1998, Travolta was honored by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts with the Britanna Award: and in that same year he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Chicago Film Festival. In 2008, he received his fourth Golden Globe nomination for his role as Edna Turnblad in the big-screen, box-office hit Hairspray. As a result of this performance, the Chicago Film Critics and the Santa Barbara Film Festival decided to recognise Travolta with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his role. He will next star in the action movie Killing Season with Robert De Niro and The Forger, co-starring Christopher Plummer. As an enthusiastic pilot, Travolta currently holds 11 jet licenses. His personal 707 aircraft is painted in the original Qantas V-Jet livery and bears the name Jett Clipper Ella in honor of his children. Travolta is the Qantas Airways Global Goodwill "Ambassador-at-Large" and piloted the original Qantas 707 during "Spirit of Friendship" global tour. He is also very involved in his charity, The Jett Travolta Foundation, which raises money for children with educational needs.

Hawke will next be seen in the movies Predestination, Cymbeline, Regression and Ten Thousand Saints. His recent film credits include Boyhood, Getaway, The Purge, Before Midnight, Sinister, The Woman in the Fifth and more. He recent finished his run in Macbeth on Broadway, opposite Anne-Marie Duff as Lady Macbeth, at Lincoln Center Theater.

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