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- Oliver Stone has set up his first narrative film in a decade, called ‘White Lies’.
- Josh Hartnett will star.
- Leila George is also in the cast.
After an absence from narrative filmmaking for a decade (though he has been busy with documentaries and being his usual, outspoken self), ‘Platoon’ and ‘JFK’ filmmaker Oliver Stone is back, and targeting something a little different from some of his past work –– a dysfunctional family drama.
The director has Josh Hartnett and Leila George lined up to star in the movie, which is finally in production via a report from World of Reel.
AKJSbUFUwQdc3kktLt1jb5We say “finally” because this is a project Stone has been trying to make for a couple of years now, with a previous incarnation falling apart despite Benicio del Toro aboard to star.
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What’s the story of ‘White Lies’?
The movie follows Jack Freeman (Hartnett), a child of divorce now repeating his parents’ mistakes in his own marriage and with his own children.
Feeling trapped, he embarks on a lust-filled journey to free himself — only to find himself more lost than before. When he meets a woman, whose life is the opposite of his own, he begins an unexpected journey of rediscovery.
‘White Lies’: the director and star talk
Here’s Stone’s statement on his big return:
“After nearly 10 years away from features, I feel really like I’m starting again, as when I made ‘Platoon’ and ‘Salvador’ in 1986. ‘White Lies’ will find its natural home because it’s an eternal story of love.”
And here’s Hartnett on his feelings about the collaboration:
“Oliver explores a universe in ‘White Lies’ that feels personal and entirely new material from a filmmaker I have long admired and am excited to work with.”
List of Josh Hartnett Movies and TV Shows:
- ‘Halloween H20: 20 Years Later‘ (1998)
- ‘The Faculty‘ (1998)
- ‘The Virgin Suicides‘ (2000)
- ‘Black Hawk Down‘ (2002)
- ‘Pearl Harbor‘ (2001)
- ‘40 Days and 40 Nights‘ (2002)
- ‘Hollywood Homicide‘ (2003)
- ‘Sin City‘ (2005)
- ‘The Black Dahlia‘ (2006)
- ‘Lucky Number Slevin‘ (2006)
- ‘30 Days of Night‘ (2007)
- ‘Bunraku‘ (2010)
- ‘Black Mirror‘ (2011 – 2025)
- ‘Penny Dreadful‘ (2014 – 2016)
- ‘Wild Horses‘ (2015)
- ‘6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain‘ (2017)
- ‘Paradise Lost‘ (2020)
- ‘Die Hart‘ (2020 – 2024)
- ‘Wrath of Man‘ (2021)
- ‘Exterminate All the Brutes‘ (2021)
- ‘The Fear Index‘ (2022)
- ‘The Bear‘ (2022 – 2024)
- ‘Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre‘ (2023)
- ‘Oppenheimer‘ (2023)
- ‘Trap‘ (2024)
- ‘Fight or Flight‘ (2025)
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