We Need to Talk About Kevin Begins Filming in Connecticut

We Need to Talk About Kevin Begins Filming in Connecticut

We Need to Talk About Kevin heads into production

Production begins this week in Connecticut on the psychological thriller We Need to Talk About Kevin, which is being directed by acclaimed filmmaker Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar) and produced by Jennifer Fox (Michael Clayton, The Informant!), Luc Roeg (Mr. Nice) and Robert Salerno (21 Grams). We Need to Talk About Kevin was written by Ramsay and Rory Kinnear based on the novel by Lionel Shriver. The film stars Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly and Ezra Miller. Presented by BBC Films and the UK Film Council in association with Footprint Investments LLP, Caemhan Partnership LLP and Lipsync Productions, the film is an Independent/Jennifer Fox production in association with Artina Films and Forward Films. The announcement was made today by Independent, who also holds the international rights to the film.

The film was developed by BBC Films' Creative Director Christine Langan (The Damned United, Bright Star) with Paula Jalfon (In the Loop, Closer). Executive producers are Steven Soderbergh, Christine Langan, Paula Jalfon, Christopher Figg, Robert Whitehouse, Michael Robinson, Norman Merry, Lisa Lambert, Tilda Swinton and Lynne Ramsay.

We Need to Talk About Kevin is the story of Eva (Swinton), Franklin (Reilly) and Kevin (Miller), who two days before his sixteenth birthday, goes on a horrific rampage. In the wake of his actions, his mother Eva grapples with her own feelings of grief and responsibility. She confronts the ultimate taboo -- Did she ever love her son? And how much of what Kevin did was her fault?

We Need to Talk About Kevin was released December 9th, 2011 and stars Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell, Rock Duer, Ashley Gerasimovich, Siobhan Fallon, Alex Manette. The film is directed by Lynne Ramsay.

Sources: BBC Films

We Need to Talk About Kevin Begins Filming in Connecticut

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