Jodie Comer to lead Kenneth Branagh’s next directorial effort, The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
Killing Eve star Jodie Comer is teaming up with Kenneth Branagh for the filmmaker’s newest thriller, The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde.
Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, The Bikeriders, The End We Start From) is heading toward disturbing events right after signing on to her newest film project with Kenneth Branagh, The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde. Branagh wrote and will direct the new film. Plot particulars are scarce, but Deadline’s exclusive report says The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde is a modern psychological thriller, with production kicking off in August in the UK.
Belfast producers Tamar Thomas, Laura Berwick, Becca Kovacik, Matthew Jenkins, Maximum Effort’s Ashley Fox, and Johnny Pariseau will join Branagh for the new film.
As Deadline points out, Comer’s signing onto the project is a substantial boon for Branagh’s newest yarn. She’s an extraordinarily busy actress, so a thing about Branagh’s project have to have caught her consideration. After wrapping Killing Eve, Comer joined the cast of the Jeff Nichols crime drama The Bikeriders. Comer plays Kathy in the upcoming film, which also stars Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Boyd Holbrook, and additional.
The Bikeriders is a furious drama following the rise of a fictional 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club via the lives of its members. Inspired by Danny Lyon’s iconic book, The Bikeriders immerses you in the appear, really feel, and sounds of the bare-knuckled, grease-covered subculture of ’60s motorcycle riders. Kathy (Comer), a sturdy-willed member of the Vandals who’s married to a wild, reckless bike rider named Benny (Butler), recounts the Vandals’ evolution more than a decade, starting as a regional club of outsiders united by great occasions, rumbling bikes, and respect for their sturdy, steady leader Johnny (Hardy). Over the years, Kathy tries her greatest to navigate her husband’s untamed nature and his allegiance to Johnny, with whom she feels she have to compete for Benny’s consideration. As life in the Vandals gets additional harmful, and the club threatens to develop into a additional sinister gang, Kathy, Benny, and Johnny are forced to make selections about their loyalty to the club and every single other.
Early buzz for The Bikeriders is ultra-optimistic, with the film earning an 85% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes after its globe premiere at Telluride. Amidst plumes of dust and the smell of gasoline, Jeff Nichols (Mud, Midnight Special, Take Shelter) directs from a script he wrote inspired by the Danny Lyon book of photography.
Kenneth Branagh’s final two films, Death on the Nile and A Haunting in Venice, continue the filmmaker’s revival of Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective developed by globe-renowned novelist Agatha Christie. While The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde departs from Poirot, Branagh’s keen eye for mystery and thrillers continues in his newest project. I completely enjoyed A Haunting in Venice and appear forward to watching Branagh and Comer collaborate for one more intense thriller. How about you?