Selma Blair has signed up to play a World War I medic in 'Four Saints'. The 38-year-old actress will star alongside Lorena Rincon, Melanie Lynskey and Rhona Mitra in the period movie, which tells the tale of four women who open a medical dressing station on the Allied front lines during battle. The project will be directed by Jean-Pierre Isbouts, the writer of the book on which the movie is based 'Angels in Flanders', Variety reports. He is also writing the adaptation, in what will be his movie debut - although he has previously made documentaries attached to 'The Golden ..
- 10/22/2010
- Virgin Media - Movies
Lorena Rincon is Venezuelan, Selma Blair American, Melanie Lynskey from New Zealand and Rhona Mitra from London, but all four are about to help out the British armed forces. The quartet of actresses are set to star in the World War I period film Four Saints, which according to Variety tells the story of young women who opened a medical dressing station on the Allied front lines during the battle. Cary Elwes and Arnold Volsoo also star in the film. Jean-Pierre Isbouts wrote the book the film will be based on, Angels in Flanders, and he'll also be writing and directing as his feature narrative debut-- he previously made documentaries tied into two recent releases, Valkyrie and The Golden Compass. Normally the whole "writer/director adapting his own book" thing directly correlates to a disastrous film, but Isbouts seems to have enough of a filmmaking background to know what he's...
- 10/21/2010
- cinemablend.com
Lorena Rincon, Rhona Mitra, Selma Blair, Melanie Lynskey Cary Elwes and Arnold Vosloo are starring in White Wing Enterprises and Andrew Ferns "Pursued." Jean-Pierre Isbouts directs and writes the script based on his novel "Angels in Flanders" which focuses on four young women who defied the British army and German bullets and bombs, in order to operate an illegal medical dressing station on the Allied front lines during the first World War. Principal photography starts for in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in November.
- 10/20/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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