Samuel Le Bihan will star in and Eric Stoltz has signed on to direct the French/American/Indian co-production "Racing Patriots" for Oakdale Pictures, Durendal Media Pictures and Cartel Productions says Variety.
Frederic Helmer's script follows three Grand Prix champs who escaped from France in 1940 and were trained by Winston Churchill's Special Operations Unit as spies and saboteurs. They soon help lead the French resistance during the occupation under the noses of the Gestapo and Nazi terrorism experts.
Le Bihan will topline as Robert Benoist, a Wwi flying ace and 1927 World Champion. The other two roles - First Monaco Grand Prix winner William Grover-Williams, and 1937 and 1939 Le Mans winner Jean Pierre Wimille - have yet to be announced.
Dana MacDuff, Brandon MacDuff, Patrice Bonneyrat, Laurent Tolleron, Pierre Morel and Jarratt Carson will produce. Shooting kicks off this winter in France, England and the Czech Republic.
Frederic Helmer's script follows three Grand Prix champs who escaped from France in 1940 and were trained by Winston Churchill's Special Operations Unit as spies and saboteurs. They soon help lead the French resistance during the occupation under the noses of the Gestapo and Nazi terrorism experts.
Le Bihan will topline as Robert Benoist, a Wwi flying ace and 1927 World Champion. The other two roles - First Monaco Grand Prix winner William Grover-Williams, and 1937 and 1939 Le Mans winner Jean Pierre Wimille - have yet to be announced.
Dana MacDuff, Brandon MacDuff, Patrice Bonneyrat, Laurent Tolleron, Pierre Morel and Jarratt Carson will produce. Shooting kicks off this winter in France, England and the Czech Republic.
- 5/5/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Eric Stoltz has signed on to take the wheel of the French/American/Indiean co-production "Racing Patriots." Filming begins this winter in England, France as well as the Czech Republic. French star Samuel Le Bihan is set to star. Serving as producers are Oakdale Pictures' Dana MacDuff and Brandon MacDuff, Patrice Bonneyrat of Durendal Media Pictures, Cartel Productions' Laurent Tolleron, Pierre Morel, and Jarratt Carson. Frederic Helmer wrote the screenplay based on a story by the MacDuffs which focuses on William Grover-Williams, winner of the first Monaco Grand Prix, Wwi flying ace Benoist and Jean Pierre Wimille, a winner of the 1937 and 1939 24 Hours of Le Mans.
- 5/5/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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