Production began this weekend on the independent feature Drive, with Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn (Valhalla Rising, Bronson) in the drivers seat. Filming around Los Angeles, the action-packed thriller stars Academy Award nominees Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson, The Notebook) and Carey Mulligan (An Education, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps). Academy Award nominee Hossein Amini (Wings of the Dove) adapted the script from the James Sallis’ novel of the same name.
Bold Films, Marc Platt Productions and OddLot Entertainment have partnered to produce the film. Affinity International is handling foreign sales, with William Morris Endeavor handling the domestic sale of the film.
Adding to the compelling mix of talent are three-time Emmy Award winner Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”), Golden Globe winner Ron Perlman (“Sons of Anarchy”), Emmy nominee Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”), Oscar Isaac (Body of Lies, Robin Hood) and Academy Award nominee Albert Brooks.
Drive is the story of a Hollywood stunt driver by day (Ryan Gosling), a loner by nature, who moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld. He finds himself a target for some of LA’s most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbor, Irene (Carey Mulligan). When the job goes dangerously awry, the only way he can keep Irene and her son alive is to do what he does bestDrive!
Producers on the film are Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Michel Litvak, Adam Siegel and John Palermo. David Lancaster, Bill Lischak, Linda McDonough, Jeffrey Stott, & Gary Michael Walters serve as Executive Producers.
Producer Marc Platt said, “Nicolas’ work demonstrates a keen facility for creating exceptional tension that meshes action and character in a riveting way and that was very exciting to me.” He also added, “Ryan possesses an innate talent that is yet to be fully tapped and Drive is the perfect marriage of material to actorthe script brings him into a whole new arena that’s really thrilling. And Carey, who has proven her versatility in the films we’ve seen, takes on a role that also brings her into unchartered territory. The whole team with Hoss’ script is a dynamic combination.”
