Exact plot details are still scarce onEve, the action flick starring and produced byJessica Chastain, but if the bloody official first look image from Voltage Pictures is any indication things donotgo well for the two-time Oscar nominee.
Tate Taylor(The Girl on the Train) is directing a script fromWho We Are NowwriterMatthew Newton, who was originally slated to direct himself before dropping out amid reports of his 2007 domestic violence charges. Chastain will both produce and star as Eve, an assassin on the run from her own former employers. Here’s the official logline, courtesy of Voltage.
Eve (Jessica Chastain) is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.
Joining Chastain on the project isColin Farrell, who is coming offSteve McQueen’s Oscar-buzzy heist dramaWidows. Chastain has a hefty slate of high-profile projects in front of her; the actress is currently shootingAndy Muschietti’sIt: Chapter TwoalongsideBill HaderandJames McAvoy, and is also set to appear in next year’s X-Men blockbusterDark Phoenixfrom writer/directorSimon Kinberg.
Nicolas ChartierandDominic Rustamare producingEvefor Voltage Pictures, with Chastain andKelly Carmichaelco-producing for Freckle Films.Jonathan Deckter,John Norris,Erika Hampson, andWilliam Earonare on-board as executive producers.
“Matt Newton wrote a wonderful new character in Eve and Jessica Chastain will once again deliver an amazing performance,” Chartier said in a statement back when the film was first announced.
Check out the image below. Voltage Pictures is set to shop aroundEve—which also starsJohn Malkovich,Geena Davis,Common, andJoan Chen—to buyers at the 2018 American Film Market, which runs from October 31 to November 7.
