Bleecker Street announces that they’ve acquired Rumours, featuring an ensemble cast including Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett (Tár, Carol), Academy Award-winner Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl, Ex Machina) and Genie Award-winner Roy Dupuis (“La Femme Nikita,” Shake Hands with the Devil). The film was written and directed by Canadian auteur Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg), Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, all of whom most recently collaborated on The Green Fog. Additional cast members include Charles Dance (“Game of Thrones,” Mank), Denis Ménochet (Inglourious Basterds), Nikki Amuka-Bird (Knock at the Cabin), Rolando Ravello (Perfect Strangers), Takehiro Hira (Gran Turismo), and European Film Award-winner Zlatko Burić (Triangle of Sadness). Bleecker Street is planning a 2024 theatrical release.
Rumours follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies at the annual G7 summit after they become lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.
