Nicolas Winding Refn, the provocateur filmmaker behind titles like Drive and Bronson, has added five to the cast of his new Neon flick, Her Private Hell: Dougray Scott (Irvine Welsh’s Crime), Diego Calva (Babylon), Aoi Yamada (Perfect Days), Shioli Kutsuna (Deadpool & Wolverine), and Hidetoshi Nishijima (Drive My Car).
Plot and character details are being kept under wraps for the project, which marks Refn’s first for the big screen since The Neon Demon, starring Elle Fanning, in 2016. Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Kristine Froseth, and Havana Rose Liu will lead the cast, as previously announced. Production is underway, with Neon repping worldwide rights and releasing the film in U.S. theaters, and Neon International handling foreign sales.
Written by Refn and Esti Giordani, Her Private Hell is directed and produced by Refn. Executive producers include Takuma Takasaki (Perfect Days), Kimberly Willming (Touch of Crude, Netflix’s Copenhagen Cowboy), Christina Erritzøe (Touch of Crude, Netflix’s Copenhagen Cowboy), and Lene Børglum (The Neon Demon, Only God Forgives), under the byNWR Originals banner.
oming off its sixth consecutive Palme d’Or win with Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, which it acquired at Cannes, Neon won a total of six awards at the festival, including the Grand Prix for Joachim Trier’s buzzy Sentimental Value. Also in Cannes, Neon debuted Julia Ducournau’s Alpha, Raoul Peck’s Orwell: 2+2=5, and Michael Angelo Covino’s Splitsville, acquiring North American rights to Sirât from Oliver Laxe, The Secret Agent from Kleber Mendonça Filho, and Ugo Bienvenu’s animated feature Arco with Natalie Portman.
Scott is represented by Gersh and Independent Talent Group; Calva by WME, Entertainment 360, and Lumina Management; Kutsuna by United Agents and Prime Talent Media; and Nishijima by CAA and Artists International Group.
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