Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood Set to Star in Stephen King's GERALD'S GAME
Last month we learned that the film adaptation of Stephen King's 1992 novel Gerald's Game would be produced by Netflix. Oculus and Ouija: Origin of Evil director Mike Flanagan was hired to helm the project back in 2014, and now he's got himself a great leading cast to work with!
Netflix announced that Carla Gugino (Watchmen) and Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek into Darkness, Star Trek) will star as Jessie and Gerald in the twisted suspense thriller. These are two incredibly talented actors who are going to be perfect in these roles.
Gerald’s Game follows Gerald and Jessie Burlingame, who have gone to their summer home on a warm weekday in October for a romantic interlude. After being handcuffed to her bedposts, Jessie tires of her husband's games, until things take an unexpectedly tragic turn. Still handcuffed, she is trapped and alone. Painful memories from her childhood bedevil her. Her only company is a hungry stray dog and the voices that populate her mind. As night comes, she is unsure whether it is her imagination or if she has another companion: someone watching her from the corner of her dark bedroom.This is a great story and it's going to make for a very interesting film.
The director said in a statement:
“Gerald's Game has been my dream project for nearly twenty years. As a lifelong fan of Stephen King, it is a true honor to be trusted with this amazing material. I am deeply grateful to my long-time partner, Trevor Macy, and to my new partners at Netflix, for making this dream project a reality. This is one of the reasons I wanted to make movies in the first place.”
Flanagan wrote the script for the film with Jeff Howard (Oculus, I Know What You Did Last Summer), and Gugino and Greenwood will be joined by a supporting cast that includes Henry Thomas (E.T., Ouija: Origin of Evil, Gangs of New York), Carel Struycken (Men in Black), Kate Siegel (Hush, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Oculus), and Chiara Aurelia (Agent Carter, Big Sky).
This is a crazy story, and I can't wait to see how the movie turns out!