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Filmmaker Ford's $10M 'Rothchild' Follows 'Emily' Success
24 Feb
Summary
- Filmmaker John Patton Ford's second film is 'Rothchild'.
- The film is inspired by a 1949 classic tragicomedy.
- Glen Powell and Ed Harris star in the new project.
Filmmaker John Patton Ford is following his acclaimed "Emily the Criminal" with "Rothchild," a $10 million project inspired by the 1949 tragicomedy "Kind Hearts and Coronets." The film details Becket's journey as he eliminates estranged family members to claim an inheritance. Ford drew inspiration from his own past struggles to get his career off the ground.
The new film, which was initially developed as a Shia LaBeouf-Mel Gibson package, features Glen Powell as Becket and Ed Harris as his grandfather. Ford notes that Powell underwent a significant weight loss and hairstyle change to embody the character.
