Academy Award winner Holly Hunter (ThirteenThe Piano) has signed on to star in David Gordon Green‘s drama, Manglehorn, financed and produced by Worldview Entertainment. Hunterwill play the female lead character opposite Academy Award winner, Al Pacino, in the title role. Chris Messina (Argo) and Harmony Korine(Spring Breakers) will also star. Green will direct the film, which is based on a screenplay by Paul Logan. Worldview CEO, Christopher Woodrow, and COO, Molly Conners, will produce alongside Lisa MuskatDerrick Tseng and Green. Principal photography will commence this fall in Austin, Texas.

Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah Johnson will executive produce alongside Todd J. LabarowskiBrad Coolidge and Melissa Coolidge for Dreambridge Films, which is making an investment in the film. Jody Hilland Danny McBride will executive produce for Rough House. CAA arranged financing for the film and is representing domestic rights while WestEnd Films is handling international sales.

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