BURBANK, CA � March 1, 2011 � Principal photography is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures� feature film adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer�s acclaimed novel �Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.� The film stars Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks, and is being directed by Stephen Daldry (�The Reader,� �The Hours�) and produced by Scott Rudin (�The Social Network,� �True Grit�).
�Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close� also stars Thomas Horn, making his acting debut as 11-year-old Oskar Schell, an exceptional child with an off-kilter world view and a daunting mission ahead of him.
Oskar is convinced that his father (Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother (Bullock) and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that can�t be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father�s closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his own loss to a greater understanding of the observable world around him.
Shooting entirely in New York, Daldry directs the film from a screenplay by Eric Roth (�Forrest Gump,� �The Insider�). Celia Costas (�Doubt,� �Closer�) serves as executive producer with Mark Roybal (�Doubt�) and Nora Skinner (�The Reader�).
Also starring in the film are James Gandolfini as Ron, a new friend of Oskar�s mom; Zoe Caldwell as the boy�s grandmother; Max von Sydow as the man renting a room from Oskar�s grandmother, who befriends Oskar and accompanies him on his quest; and Viola Davis and Jeffrey Wright as a couple whose own tenuous relationship has a profound effect on Oskar.
The behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Chris Menges (�The Mission,� �The Killing Fields�); production designer K.K. Barrett (�Where the Wild Things Are�); and costume designer Ann Roth (�The English Patient�).
�Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close� is currently scheduled for release in 2011 and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
�Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close� also stars Thomas Horn, making his acting debut as 11-year-old Oskar Schell, an exceptional child with an off-kilter world view and a daunting mission ahead of him.
Oskar is convinced that his father (Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother (Bullock) and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that can�t be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father�s closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his own loss to a greater understanding of the observable world around him.
Shooting entirely in New York, Daldry directs the film from a screenplay by Eric Roth (�Forrest Gump,� �The Insider�). Celia Costas (�Doubt,� �Closer�) serves as executive producer with Mark Roybal (�Doubt�) and Nora Skinner (�The Reader�).
Also starring in the film are James Gandolfini as Ron, a new friend of Oskar�s mom; Zoe Caldwell as the boy�s grandmother; Max von Sydow as the man renting a room from Oskar�s grandmother, who befriends Oskar and accompanies him on his quest; and Viola Davis and Jeffrey Wright as a couple whose own tenuous relationship has a profound effect on Oskar.
The behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Chris Menges (�The Mission,� �The Killing Fields�); production designer K.K. Barrett (�Where the Wild Things Are�); and costume designer Ann Roth (�The English Patient�).
�Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close� is currently scheduled for release in 2011 and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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