by FilmInk staff
Currently seen in series The Good Lord Bird as abolitionist John Brown, which he also created, Ethan Hawke has always been someone who is not shy to take risks, in fact that’s pretty much his MO. Recently completing Robert Eggers’ The Northman, Hawke will next shoot Zeros and Ones for one of the world’s iconoclastic filmmakers, Abel Ferrara (The Bad Lieutenant, The Funeral, King of New York, Driller Killer, Ms 45, etc, etc).
“Zeros and Ones is a film of lockdown and war, danger and espionage, American soldiers, Chinese middlemen, Mid Eastern holy men, provocateurs, diplomats, rogue elements of the CIA and KGB,” said Ferrara in a press release. “I cannot wait to roll the cameras next week in a way that is safe because this film was written during and with an understanding of the pandemic.”
In the film, Hawke will play JJ, an American soldier stationed in a Rome at war. With The Vatican blown up, it’s up to JJ to uncover the unknown enemy, which is threatening the whole world.
“Buyers are hungry for compelling and original storylines in the hands of master filmmakers and Zeros and Ones ticks all the right boxes,” stated Christian Mercuri of Capstone Group, which is looking to sell the film at the upcoming American Film Market (AFM). “Coupled with worldclass production values and locations that includes the eerie backdrop of present-day Rome which has a feeling of Paris at the end of WW2, this film is a package not to be missed.”
Written and Directed by Ferrara, the only other cast announcements are Cristina Chiriac and Phil Neilson, who both featured in Ferrara’s most recent head scratcher, Siberia.
