A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island

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A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island
Directed by Aram Rappaport
Produced by Aaron Becker
Atit Shah
Hilary Shor
Peter Shuldiner
Isaac LaMell
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Music by Guy Moon
Cinematography Matt Turve
Production
companies
Windward Entertainment
Create Entertainment
Country United States
Language English

A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island (a.k.a. Jekyll Island) is an upcoming American thriller film, written and directed by Aram Rappaport and produced by Aaron Becker, Isaac La Mell, Kristi Gescheidler, Atit Shah, Hilary Shor and Peter Shuldiner.

The film stars Minnie Driver, Frank Grillo, Dianna Agron, AnnaSophia Robb, Maggie Q, Mary McCormack, Ed Westwick, Christopher McDonald, and John Leguizamo.

Jekyll Island is being sold worldwide by Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

Plot

In the not so distant future, a team of white collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America.[1][2]

Cast

Production

Development

Aram Rappaport directed the film from a script he wrote and developed with the help of Hilary Shor. Rappaport's second feature film, 2013’s Syrup — an adaptation of the 1999 novel by Max Barry — starred Amber Heard and actor Shiloh Fernandez, both hired by Rappaport before their careers had taken off. “My relationship with Aram was formed under the trials of shooting on such a small budget,” says “Jekyll Island” producer Hilary Shor, whose other recent credits include The Paperboy with Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron and Lee Daniels The Butler. “I have faith he will develop into an extraordinary filmmaker, and I was happy to be able to nurture that talent.” said Shor.[3]

The two began developing the script during the shoot for Shor's movie, The Paperboy. "The recent events transpiring within our federal government make this film topical and poignant. I think we’re all wondering what’s going to happen to our money", Shor said about what inspired them for the movie.[1]

Creative Artists Agency and The Gersh Agency are credited with movie packaging. Rappaport is managed by Gersh, producer Atit Shah is represented by United Talent Agency (UTA).

Casting

On October 29, 2013, Variety announced that Frank Grillo and Minnie Driver will be starring in A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island as a married couple; Dianna Agron, John Leguizamo, Ed Westwick, and Maggie Q will be joining them.[1] On November 25, 2013, Deadline.com reported that AnnaSophia Robb will be portraying the duo's character cancer-stricken daughter. On December 2, 2014, Variety reported that Mary McCormack had been added to the ensemble.[4] Rappaport admitted that Agron's character is a "total badass" and is one of the lead roles.[5][6] Agron said that her character is "much more aggressive" than her past roles.[7]

At the 2016 People's Choice Awards held in Los Angeles on January 6, 2016 Ed Westwick had this to say on how his fans will react to finally seeing him play a character with a solid sense of right and wrong, "It was different from anything I had done, that's always something that's going to make you attracted to a part," said Westwick. "The moral compass was also something that was interesting as well because after someone does something that's bad, how do they get back to a neutral place or a more positive place?" Westwick added that he's hoping fans enjoy seeing him in a new light.[8]

Filming

Principal photography took place in Chicago, Michigan, Indiana, New York City, Washington, D.C., London and Paris beginning November 2013.

The Chicago Sun-Times Splash magazine reported, "Aram has very fond memories of what Dianna was like on set, even recalling one “hilarious” moment involving the former Glee star: “While we were shooting, there was a fight on HBO that Ed Westwick, Frank, and Minnie wanted to watch. They convinced the owners of the house we shot at to let them watch it on the big-screen TV. I go to check up on them, and someone is yelling about the fight, ‘Come on, hit ‘em! Hit ‘em!’ And it’s Dianna! Dianna is freaking out in front of the fight, putting up her fists, aggressively angry at the TV. It was a hilarious moment.”[1][9][10]

Post-Production

On August 11, 2015, Rappaport and producer Atit Shah reported Jekyll Island's score, composed by Guy Moon, was being recorded by The Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra.[11][12]

References

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  5. ↑ Twitter / aramrappaport: "@samthelambjam her character's a total badass! Because of her brilliance."
  6. ↑ Twitter / aramrappaport: "@michaelkusumah she's one of the leads!"
  7. ↑ VIDEO - Malavita: Dianna Agron, "Je me sens chez moi en France" notre interview (EXCLU)". Melty.fr. 2013-10-23.
  8. ↑ http://blog.peopleschoice.com/2016/01/14/ed-westwick-on-jekyll-island-movie-role/
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  11. ↑ https://instagram.com/p/6QIfZTuFBW/
  12. ↑ https://instagram.com/p/6TeYd_CCy2/

External links

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