Vera Farmiga (Source Code, Up in the Air, The Departed) and Mark Strong (Robin Hood, Kick-Ass, Sherlock Holmes) are reportedly set to star in period drama Closer to the Moon. Romanian writer-director Nae Caranfil’s film, which is set in his home country, will be produced by Michael Fitzgerald (In the Electric Mist, The Pledge). Mark Strong will play Max Rosenthal, the former head of a Bucharest police criminal investigation unit. He is found guilty of robbing a bank with three others, while assuring nearby crowds they were filming a movie. Tried and sentenced to death, they are first forced by the communist government to re-enact their crime for a propaganda film. Vera Farmiga will play Max's former lover and the mother of his child, who returns from her studies in Moscow as the events unfold. Production on Closer to the Moon is due to start in Bucharest in early Autumn.
Vera Farmiga’s directorial debut Higher Ground will be released in the U.S. later this month. She can soon be seen in the comedy Goats with David Duchovny and Minnie Driver, and action thriller Safe House with Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington and Brendan Gleeson.
Mark Strong will be appearing in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy next month with Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Tom Hardy. He has also finished filming Black Gold with Antonio Banderas and John Carter with Taylor Kitsch, James Purefoy and Willem Dafoe.
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