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Kevin Durand Joins Atom Egoyan’s ‘Queen Of The Night’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday January 31, 2013 @ 9:59am PSTTags: Atom Egoyan, Kevin Durand, Queen Of The Night

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Durand worked with helmer Atom Egoyan on the West Memphis 3 feature Devil’s Knot and they are reuniting for the kidnapping thriller Queen Of The Night, which already stars Ryan Reynolds, Mireille Enos, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson and Alexia Fast. In the pic co-written by Egoyan and David Fraser, a man (Reynolds) and his wife (Enos) are presented with the most concrete evidence of their abducted daughter’s 6-year absence by a detective duo (Speedman, Dawson) who share a similarly estranged relationship. Durand, repped by WME and Alchemy Entertainment, will play the daughter’s kidnapper. The busy actor just wrapped Akiva Goldsman’s Winter’s Tale alongside Colin Farrell, Darren Aronofsky’s Noah opposite Russell Crowe and Anthony Hopkins, the indie thriller Dark Was The Night and Screen Gems and Constantin Films’ The Mortal Instruments. He also was in Fruitvale, which took multiple honors at Sundance and was picked up by The Weinstein Company. Queen begins filming next month in Ontario.

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Mireille Enos And Scott Speedman Join Ryan Reynolds In ‘Queen Of The Night’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday December 14, 2012 @ 11:47am PSTTags: Atom Egoyan, Mireille Enos, Queen Of The Night, Ryan Reynolds
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EXCLUSIVE: Mireille Enos and Scott Speedman have been set to star alongside Ryan Reynolds in Queen Of The Night, a psychological thriller that Atom Egoyan will direct early next year in Ontario. Egoyan wrote the story and scripted the film with David Fraser. Reynolds committed in August to play a father who discovers a series of disturbing clues eight years after his daughter is abducted, a trail that leads him to believe the now 17-year-old girl is alive.

Enos will play his wife, who dutifully checks in with police each year on her daughter’s birthday, and realizes that disturbing memorabilia left at her workplace is not merely there to taunt her but could offer clues to her daughter’s whereabouts. Enos was drafted for the role by Egoyan after she played a small role in Devil’s Knot, the film he just completed about the bogus triple murder conviction of the West Memphis 3 in Arkansas, despite the lack of any physical evidence.

Speedman is also reuniting with Egoyan. In Queen Of The Night, he will play the cop searching the his missing daughter. Speedman previously worked with Egoyan on the film Adoration. He is coming off the ABC series Last Resort and stars opposite Evan Rachel Wood in the upcoming feature Barefoot. Read More »

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Ryan Reynolds Teams With Atom Egoyan In Kidnap Thriller ‘Queen Of The Night’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday August 8, 2012 @ 8:30am PDTTags: Atom Egoyan, Big Deals Film, Ryan Reynolds, Safe House
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EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Reynolds has been set to star in Queen Of The Night, a psychological thriller that Atom Egoyan will direct next February in Ontario. Egoyan wrote the story, and scripted the film with David Fraser. Reynolds … Read More »

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‘True Blood’s Stephen Moyer Tied To ‘Devil’s Knot’ In Key Role

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday June 29, 2012 @ 1:31pm PDTTags: Atom Egoyan, Big Deals Film, Devil's Knot, Stephen Moyer, True Blood, WME

Stephen Moyer Devil's KnotEXCLUSIVE: Stephen Moyer has joined the cast of Devil’s Knot in a lead role. The True Blood star will play prosecutor John Fogelman in the film about the wrongfully convicted and imprisoned West Memphis 3. … Read More »

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Kristopher Higgins Joining ‘Devil’s Knot’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday June 8, 2012 @ 2:08pm PDTTags: Atom Egoyan, Devil's Knot, West Memphis 3

EXCLUSIVE: Kristopher Higgins is in talks to join the cast of Devil’s Knot. Higgins, who appeared in season 3 of The Secret Life Of The American Teenager, joins the already announced Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon in the drama about … Read More »

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