Bluestone Entertainment and Walden Media announced today that principal photography will begin in Hungary on February 23rd on the historical drama Nuremberg from writer-director James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, Scream V, Scream VI). Mark O’Brien (Ready or Not, Arrival) and Colin Hanks (“Fargo,” King Kong) round out the cast which includes Academy Award© winner Russell Crowe, Academy Award© winner Rami Malek, Academy Award© nominee Michael Shannon, Academy Award© nominee Richard E. Grant, Leo Woodall, Emmy® nominee John Slattery, Lydia Peckham, Wrenn Schmidt, Lotte Verbeek, and Andreas Pietschmann.
Adapted from the book “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist” by Jack El-Hai, Nuremberg chronicles the eponymous trials held by the Allies against the defeated Nazi regime. Bluestone Entertainment, Walden Media, and Széchenyi Funds acquired the rights to El-Hai’s book and Vanderbilt’s script and are financing the film. Richard Saperstein, William Sherak, Brad Fischer, James Vanderbilt, Istvan Major, and Paul Neinstein are producing, along with Walden’s Frank Smith, Benjamin Tappan, and Cher Hawrysh, as well as production company Filmsquad.
Executive producers include Annie Saperstein, Brooke Saperstein, Beau Turpin, W. Porter Payne, Jr., Géza Deme, and Tamás Hajnal. The project was previously in development at Vanderbilt, Sherak, and Fischer’s Mythology Entertainment.
O’Brien will play Colonel John Amen, one of the chief interrogators at the trial. Hanks will play Dr. Gustav Gilbert, a military psychiatrist assigned to evaluate the Nazis. John Papsidera, CSA (Oppenheimer) is casting the film.
Actor and filmmaker Mark O’Brien is best known for his supporting roles in genre hits Ready or Not and Arrival. He recently premiered his first film, The Righteous, at the Fantasia Festival in 2022. Other acting credits include Noah Baumbach’s Academy Award©-winning Marriage Story, AMC’s legal drama “61st Street,” Southern family drama Blue Bayou, and Kevin Bacon-led crime series “City on a Hill.”
Colin Hanks is an Emmy® nominated actor, best known for his role as “Gus Grimly” in the FX miniseries “Fargo.” His recent television work includes “The Offer,” a behind-the-scenes dramatization on the making of The Godfather, true-crime miniseries “A Friend of the Family,” and Ryan Murphy’s “American Crime Story: Impeachment.” Additional credits include blockbuster films King Kong and Jumanji: The Next Level and family comedy “Life in Pieces.”
O’Brien is represented by UTA, The Characters, and Thruline Entertainment. Hanks is represented by UTA and MGMT Entertainment.
