Colin Firth Will Be The Railway Guy

He'll play an authentic-existence POWPeriod dramas have offered Colin Firth rather well recently, by having an Oscar for your King's Speech and a lot of festival recognition of Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. He'll be wanting that trend continues as he's grew to become an associate of World War Two Bang pic The Railway Guy. Jonathan Teplitzky is pointing the film, which Millions author Frank Cottrell Bryce and Andy Paterson have modified from former military officer Eric Lomax's book about his time spent taken with the Japanese and concentrating on the building of the "dying railway" between Thailand and Burma. But it's its not all dedicated to his Bang encounters - more youthful crowd put lower decades later to locate his tormentors and exact some revenge. The Railway Guy is certainly an incredible story and to offer the chance making it with Colin Firth as Eric is often the best gift any director could expect,Inch Teplitzky mentioned in the statement acquired with the Hollywood Reporter. He gained the announcement within the Toronto Film Festival, where he's premiering his latest film, Burning Guy. Lionsgate is searching to lock lower some customers within the festival and Lionsgate Uk will handle the film the following. Once all the deals will be in place, Teplitzky will begin shooting in February with filming searching for the Uk, Thailand and Australia.