Word out of the Cannes market is that director Lynne Ramsay is set to adapt the Margaret Atwood story “Stone Mattress”, with Julianne Moore and Sandra Oh set to star.
Moore will play the role of Verna (Moore), who embarks on a luxurious cruise in the Arctic Northwest Passage. It’s on this cruise ship that she meets two characters, friendly and charming Grace (Oh), and the shy but mysterious Bob, an unaccompanied man in his mid-sixties who inherited a family business.
Ramsay is the maverick director behind “Ratcatcher,” We Need to Talk About Kevin,” Morven Callar,” and “You Were Never Really Here.” Anything she does should be payed attention to.
Amazon will produce the film, which is said to be be a revenge thriller. The film will shoot in Greenland and Iceland in September.