Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, and Richard Madden will star in Amazon Studios’ Killer Heat based on Jo Nesbo’s short story The Jealousy Man.
House Of Gucci writer Roberto Bentivegna adapted the screenplay with revisions from Bridge Of Spies and Treason screenwriter Matt Charman. Philippe Lacôte (2020 Venice selection Night Of The Kings) directs.
Killer Heat tells of a damaged detective who is called in to investigate after twin brothers get caught in a violent love triangle on a remote Greek island. Production is scheduled to begin in May in Crete with Faliro House serving as the local production entity.
Makeready’s Brad Weston is producing the film, with Nesbo, Niclas Salomonsson, Gordon-Levitt, Tom Karnowski, and Makeready’s Collin Creighton on board as executive producers. Makeready’s Oscar Montemayor will associate produce.
Gordon-Levitt stars in Sundance hit Flora and Son, which Apple acquired for the world.
Woodley will next be seen in Dirty Money opposite Seth Rogen and Paul Dano for Sony, Ferrari opposite Adam Driver for Michael Mann, and the sci-fi comedy Robots opposite Jack Whitehall for Neon.
Madden (Game Of Thrones) will next be seen opposite Priyanka Chopra Jonas in the Prime Video series Citadel on April 28.
Originally published at https://www.screendaily.com/news/amazons-killer-heat-enlists-joseph-gordon-levitt-shailene-woodley-richard-madden/5180801.article
