Ever since the Harry Potter series wrapped up, Emma Watson has been a busy bee in terms of work. After critically acclaimed performances in tiny indies (Perks of Being A Wallflower, The Bling Ring), Watson seems to be moving onto the bigger projects.
Next month, she'll be playing a supporting role in Darren Aronofsky's epic, "Noah" and according to IMDB she's playing the lead in Harry Potter director David Yates' film entitled "Your Voice in My Head", a film about author Emma Forrest's struggles with bipolar disorder. And of course, there's still that rumored adaptation of Beauty and the Beast directed by Guillermo Del Torro in which Watson is supposedly playing Belle.
But today, it was announced that the actress would be starring alongside Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke (Before Midnight, The Purge) in a film entitled "Regression".
The film is to be distributed by The Weinstein Company, and will be directed by Academy Award Winner Alejandro Amenábar, who also wrote the film's screenplay.
In a press release, Watson mentioned that she's "excited about the challenges her character presents to her as an actress" and that she's "very passionate about Alejandro and his work."
Amenábar was quoted as being equally thrilled about a collaboration with Watson, saying, "Emma is a beautiful, humane, sensitive, and very talented woman, and I feel very fortunate to be working with her. I'm sure that her long-standing career has barely begun."
The film's plot is being kept tightly under wraps; all that's mentioned is that the film is "a thriller."
For those of you unfamiliar with Alejandro Amenábar, he directed and wrote the 2001 film, "The Others" starring Nicole Kidman. Released to critical acclaim, the film went on to gross $218 million on just a $17 million budget; to say it was a huge success is an understatement. He later won an Oscar for his foreign film, "The Sea Inside". I think it's safe to say that Hawke and Watson are in good hands.
Regression is set to be released sometime in 2015.
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