Jacob Elordi-starring sequence The Slim Highway to the Deep North has discovered its U.S. purchaser.
Prime Video, which already has rights to the Justin Kurzel-directed restricted sequence in quite a few territories, has taken the present on within the U.S. from Sony Photos Tv and can launch in 4 days’ time.
The Richard Flanagan adaptation sees Elordi star as Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans, a celebrated World Conflict II hero who’s haunted by his experiences in a Japanese prisoner of conflict camp and reminiscences of an affair with Amy Mulvaney (Odessa Younger) that sustained him by the darkest of instances.
Primarily based on the 2014 Booker Prize-winning novel by Flanagan, the Australian drama sequence was written by Shaun Grant (Nitram, Mindhunter) and directed by Kurzel (The Order, Nitram). It additionally stars Oscar nominee Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) because the older Dorrigo Evans, Olivia DeJonge (Elvis), Simon Baker (Limbo, Breath), Present Kasamatsu (Tokyo Vice), Heather Mitchell (Ricky Stanicky) and Thomas Weatherall (Heartbreak Excessive).
The present has been within the ether for an extended whereas and has bought to quite a few territories together with the BBC within the UK and Prime Video in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, the place it should additionally launch in 4 days.
The Slim Highway to the Deep North additionally premiered on the Berlin Movie Pageant in February, at which level Saltburn star Elordi talked about his excessive weight reduction for the position.
