Matthew Macfadyen: EPIC poster and photos from the new movie

EPIC

Status: In Production

Logline: A comedy  about globalisation and nation-building, sex and art, money-laundering and love.

Synopsis: EPIC is a gentle black comedy about a confused, washed up British film director, Emil, who is invited by a nascent state to make a national Epic in an obscure Caucasus Republic ruled by an eccentric and corrupt dictator.

When down and out Academy award winning British film director Emil Miller receives an invitation to the Embassy of the Autonomous Republic of Karastan, little does he know that he will be embarking on one of the wildest journeys of his already diverse and colourful career.

Starring: Matthew MacFadyen (Anna Karenina,The Three Musketeers), Noah Taylor (Lawless, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life, Vanilla Sky), Myanna Buring (The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn 1+2, Kill List)

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Matthew Macfadyen lines up for Ben Hopkins’ Epic 11 January, 2013 | By Wendy Mitchell (SCREEN DAILY)

EXCLUSIVE: The UK-Germany-Russia-Georgia co-production starts shooting in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Sunday, at the Georgian Film Studios.

The cast is led by Matthew Macfadyen, Myanna Buring and Noah Taylor. Casting was by Wildman Hall.

Director Ben Hopkins wrote the script alongside BAFTA winner Pawel Pawlikowski.

The story is described as a “gentle black comedy” about a washed-up Oscar winning British film director, named Emil Forester (played by Macfadyen), who gets invited to make a national epic in an obscure Caucasus Republic called Karastan.

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