Oscar Winner Eddie Redmayne Nabs Lead in THE LAST DAYS OF NIGHT
By: Caryn Robbins
Deadline reports that Eddie Redmayne will star in THE LAST DAYS OF NIGHT from Black Bear Pictures. Morten Tyldum directs from a script by Graham Moore. The film will center on "the battle between industrial age titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to electrify America."
Redmayne will portray legendary attorney Paul Cravath. Filming is expected to get underway in the UK late January for a fall 2017 release.
Redmayne won the Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything. Last year, he was nominated for his moving performance in The Danish Girl and will soon return to the big screen as Nate Scamander in Warner Bros highly anticipated Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, the first installment of JK Rowling's Harry Potter spinoff. Directed by David Yates, the film hits theaters on November 16.Photo Credit: Walter McBride / WM Photos
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