After laying relatively low the last few years, Eastern Promises writer Steven Knight is having a major 2013. His directorial debut, the Jason Statham-led Redemption, landed earlier this summer (our review), and this week will see the release of his next scripting work, Closed Circuit (our review). The fun doesn’t stop there, however, as he’ll be debuting his sophomore feature at Venice and the first clip has now arrived.
Titled Locke, the film features new Twitter user Tom Hardy and The Lone Ranger star Ruth Wilson as the film is set in real-time as we follow the Bronson star as a “man whose life begins to unravel after receiving a phone call.” Check out Steven Knight‘s director’s statement below as well as the clip, featuring part of the call, below for the film produced by Joe Wright. [The Playlist]
It was a joy and challenge to make Locke in an entirely different way. Shot in real time, Locke breaks new ground in movie making with Hardy holding the screen alone while the camera never blinks. The night time highway is part back drop, part art installation, as a stellar cast play the people Ivan loves and hates and who witness his extraordinary journey to despair and ultimately to redemption. A man’s life transformed in a half a tank of gas. I believe the journey of Ivan Locke is deeply moving and utterly compulsive.
Locke will premiere at Venice, but does not have U.S. distribution yet.