COLOGNE, Germany -- Indie producer Gail Mutrux will be taking her next film to Germany, joining up with Cologne-based studio MMC to finance the murder mystery Number 13 starring Dan Fogler, Ewan McGregor and Ben Kingsley.
Mutrux and MMC managing director Ralf Schmitz signed a letter of intent for the co-production in Los Angeles on Thursday. Number 13, to be directed by newcomer Chase Palmer from his own script, is set to begin shooting in Cologne this year.
The drama focuses on Alfred Hitchcock's first film, the 1922 thriller Number 13, which was never finished and has been the source of much speculation by Hitchcock fans and film historians.
In Palmer's script, Hitchcock (Fogler) gets caught up in a very Hitchcockian situation while making the film. His lead actor is killed and his editor suspects him of being the murderer. The portly English director is forced to try and solve the mystery himself.
Number 13 will be the first international co-production for MMC.
Mutrux and MMC managing director Ralf Schmitz signed a letter of intent for the co-production in Los Angeles on Thursday. Number 13, to be directed by newcomer Chase Palmer from his own script, is set to begin shooting in Cologne this year.
The drama focuses on Alfred Hitchcock's first film, the 1922 thriller Number 13, which was never finished and has been the source of much speculation by Hitchcock fans and film historians.
In Palmer's script, Hitchcock (Fogler) gets caught up in a very Hitchcockian situation while making the film. His lead actor is killed and his editor suspects him of being the murderer. The portly English director is forced to try and solve the mystery himself.
Number 13 will be the first international co-production for MMC.
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