A very promising international film project, with an all-star cast, and co-produced by “Fetisoff Illusion – Europe” based in Cyprus is nearing completion.
A press release says that the film, “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”, is based on the play of the same name by the American playwright and Nobel Prize winner, Eugene O’ Neill, for which he was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1957).
Among the participants in the project, that some are already reporting that it may be nominated for the next Academy Awards, are the company Fetisoff Illusion – Europe based in Cyprus and its owner and producer, Gleb Fetisov.
“If expectations come true, then it will be a huge achievement for the film industry of our country”, the press release says adding that Gleb Fetisov is also the producer behind the social drama film “Loveless” which was nominated for the Oscar as the Best Foreign Film in 2018 and won the Jury Prize at Cannes.
The film stars two Hollywood legends, the two-time Academy Award-winning Jessica Lange (“American Horror Story,” “Tootsie,” “King Kong”) and Ed Harris (“The Truman Show”, “The Abyss”, “Westworld”) along with Ben Foster (“Hell or HighWater”, “X-Men: The Last Stand”) and Colin Morgan (“Humans”, “Merlin”).
The film is directed by Jonathan Kent, an award-winning theatre and opera director, while the script was adapted by David Lindsay-Abaire (“Oz: The Great and Powerful”, “Poltergeist”). Also producing the film are Gabriella Tana, Bill Kenwright and Redmond Morriss.
The New York Times recently published an article about the filming of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”, naming Gleb Fetisov as one of the “knights in shining armor” who helped keep this project alive.
Gleb Fetisov stresses that the adaptation of the play for the big screen stays true to the text of Eugene O’ Neill.
It is worth mentioning that Jessica Lange has already won a Tony Award for her performance as Mary Tyrone in the production of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”, which was staged on Broadway, again directed by Jonathan Kent.
Filming took place in Ireland and was completed last autumn. “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” is now in post-production and will be distributed by MGM, which was recently acquired by Amazon.
The premiere, according to Gleb Fetisov, is expected in the Fall of 2023 at the Toronto Film Festival and a wide release later in the year.
Source: Cyprus News Agency