We were wondering what was going on with this one. We can now scratch it off our “What’s Left?” piece.
Open Road Films has acquired the North American rights to Neil Jordan’s “Marlowe”, a noir crime thriller that stars Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Danny Huston, and Alan Cumming.
Principal photography for “Marlowe” took place for two months, starting in November 2021 and ending in January 2022. The screenplay comes to us from “The Departed” scribe William Monahan.
I’m not the biggest Neil Jordan fan, he’s not really given us anything great in a few decades, but the Irish filmmaker is someone who deserves to be followed. After all, if you’ve directed “The Crying Game,” “Mona Lisa,” and “The Butcher Boy” then attention must be given.
Since this one isn’t going to the September fests, maybe an AFI bow is in the works? “Marlowe” is set to be Liam Neeson’s 100th film as an actor. The film will be released theatrically December 2 through Open Road/Briarcliff Entertainment.