Henry Winkler and Lena Headey are to star in action movie ‘Normal’.
The ‘Happy Days’ star and the ‘Game of Thrones’ actress will appear opposite Bob Odenkirk in the forthcoming film, which is from the team behind 2021 movie ‘Nobody’.
According to Variety, Winkler will portray the mayor of the Minnesota town of Normal, which is populated by friendly Midwesterners, and Headey will take on the role of local bartender Moira.
In the motion picture, Odenkirk will play Ulysses, who is appointed as the substitute sheriff of Normal.
The movie will see Ulysses uncover dark mysteries following a local bank robbery.
‘John Wick’ creator Derek Kolstad has penned the screenplay, with help from Odenkirk, and the film will be directed by Ben Wheatley.
Odenkirk and Kolstad will also team up to produce the motion picture alongside Marc Provissiero.
In a joint statement, the producers said: “We’re thrilled Ben Wheatley joined us on this one.
“He is an absolute master of the form.
“We love our cast and are excited to try and capture something unexpected.”
Ryan Allen, Brendan Fletcher, Peter Shinkoda, Billy MacLellan, and Jess McLeod are also part of the cast.
‘Breaking Bad’ star Odenkirk previously revealed ‘Normal’ is “full of red herrings”, and said the suspense is comparable to a film by M. Night Shyamalan.
He told The Hollywood Reporter: “When they presented the idea [for Normal] to me, it just had this quality to it I don’t think I’ve seen in an action movie in forever.
“I’m going to call it suspense mystery. You could argue that the ‘Bourne’ films, especially the early ones, have that element, where he’s trying to explore and solve a mystery, the mystery of his own past. There’s that sort of dimension in this story …
“We don’t want to give anything away. But the first thing I said [to Derek] was, ‘This has an M. Night Shyamalan-kind of level of suspense and mystery’. There’s a sustained sequence of figuring out what really is going on, including some major red herrings.”
Speaking about the movie, Kolstad said: “If I were to describe ‘Normal’, I’d say it was a love letter to Hitchcock and the British crime thrillers I grew up with as a kid, it has the more grounded elements of films from the 1970s.”
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