Lenny Abrahamson has confirmed that his much-anticipated fourth feature film ‘Frank’ will be partly shot in Ireland with filming set to get underway this December.
As previously reported, Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson will star in the feature which is being co-produced by Element Pictures and FilmFour.
Speaking to IFTN, Abrahamson said: “The majority is going to be shot in Ireland, which is great. It’s set in Ireland, England and the States, but we’re shooting Ireland and England in Ireland. Ireland will be Ireland and Ireland will be England! We’re still casting a few more parts and hope to start in early December.”
Commenting on the story behind Jon Ronson (The Men Who Stare at Goats) and Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) script, Abrahamson added: “It’s about a guy, played by Domhnall Gleeson, who wants to get into the music world but he’s failing. In a case of ‘be careful what you wish for’, he gets into a band that’s really quite crazy led by this sort of classic, outsider musician character who is so acrophobic he has to wear a big huge fake head. He kind of takes his room with him when he goes outside and that character is being played by Michael Fassbender.”
Abrahamson has also begun developing his fifth feature, which will tell the story of the Second World War from the viewpoint of a concentration camp supervisor.
‘Into The Darkness’ will be scripted by Enda Walsh (Hunger) and is being developed for co-production by Element Pictures and FilmFour.
The feature is based on the accounts of Franz Stangl, an Austrian factory worker who was given responsibility for two camps in Poland in 1942.
Abrahamson, whose latest feature ‘What Richard Did’, is released tomorrow, plans to start work on ‘Into The Darkness’ once ‘Frank’ is completed next year.
