Australian director Justin Kurzel isn’t any stranger to true crime after 2011’s “Snowtown,” 2019’s “True History Of The Kelly Gang,” and his most up-to-date movie, “Nitram.” Deadline stories Kurzel returns to the style once more for his subsequent undertaking, “The Order,” with Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult to star.
Based on Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt‘s book “The Silent Brotherhood,” “The Order” will follow the real-life white supremacist group and their string of domestic terrorist acts in the 1980s Pacific Northwest. Law will play the Idaho FBI agent who pieced together the spree’s sample, whereas Hoult performs the group’s charismatic chief. This materials sounds proper up Kurzel’s alley: one other moody crime thriller for him to sink his enamel into.
Production of the movie begins this spring in Alberta, Canada. No information on who joins Law and Noult but on the forged checklist, however “King Richard” scribe Zach Baylin pens the movie’s script. AGC Studios funds, produces and sells the undertaking with Brian Haas of Chasing Epic Pictures and Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment. Kurzel, Baylin, Ben Jackson, Stephen Fuss, Kate Susman, Jeremy Saulnier, and Zach Garett additionally function government producers.
Law’s subsequent function shall be as Captain Hook in David Lowery‘s upcoming “Peter Pan & Wendy” for Disney+. he additionally performs King Henry VIII within the historic thriller “Firebrand” alongside Alicia Vikander as Queen Catherine Parr. Law has one other Disney+ undertaking in manufacturing now, too: “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.”
As for Hoult, he lately began within the foodie darkish comedy “The Menu” with Anya Taylor-Joy and Ralph Fiennes. He additionally lately obtained Emmy and SAG noms for his function as Peter The Great in Hulu‘s “The Great” with Elle Fanning. Up subsequent, he performs the title function in Universal‘s “Renfield,” which boasts Nicolas Cage as Count Dracula. He has one other upcoming vampire undertaking, too: Robert Eggers‘ long-gestating remake of “Nosferatu” with Lily Rose-Depp, Bill Skårsgard, and Willem Dafoe.
Outside of “Nitram,” which premiered on the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, Kurzal additionally directed a handful of episodes of the short-lived Apple TV+ sequence “Shantaram” with Charlie Hunman.
“The Order” sounds promising, however don’t count on it in theaters till mid-2024.