Douglas Booth ("Lol," "Great Expectations") and Billy Crudup ("Watchmen," "Hoover") are set to star in "Life at These Speeds" reports Variety.
Based on the novel by Jeremy Jackson, the story follows a rural teenager (Booth) who loses his best friends in a tragic accident and channels his survivor's guilt into an addiction to running. Along the way he becomes a world-class distance runner
Crudup will co-star as Booth's coach and confidante. Leif Tilden ("BigLove") will direct from a script by Marc Novak. Sam Rockwell will executive produce and shooting kicks off late March in Jackson, Mississippi.
Based on the novel by Jeremy Jackson, the story follows a rural teenager (Booth) who loses his best friends in a tragic accident and channels his survivor's guilt into an addiction to running. Along the way he becomes a world-class distance runner
Crudup will co-star as Booth's coach and confidante. Leif Tilden ("BigLove") will direct from a script by Marc Novak. Sam Rockwell will executive produce and shooting kicks off late March in Jackson, Mississippi.
- 1/12/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Billy Crudup, Douglas Booth join Sam Rockwell executive produced Life at These Speeds. Leif Tilden directs from the script by Marc Novak, based on the novel by Jeremy Jackson. This reunites Rockwell with Tilden who directed him in the award-winning short BigLove, reports Variety. Booth plays a rural teen who loses his best friends in a tragic accident, takes all of his guilt as a survivor, and channels it into a running addiction, becoming a world-class distance runner. This is not unfamiliar ground for Crudup who portrayed Steve Prefontaine in Without Limits, and will play Booth's coach in Life at These Speeds.
- 1/11/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Life At These Speeds casts Douglas Booth and Billy Crudup
Billy Crudup, Douglas Booth join Sam Rockwell executive produced Life at These Speeds. Leif Tilden directs from the script by Marc Novak, based on the novel by Jeremy Jackson. This reunites Rockwell with Tilden who directed him in the award-winning short BigLove, reports Variety. Booth plays a rural teen who loses his best friends in a tragic accident, takes all of his guilt as a survivor, and channels it into a running addiction, becoming a world-class distance runner. This is not unfamiliar ground for Crudup who portrayed Steve Prefontaine in Without Limits, and will play Booth's coach in Life at These Speeds.
- 1/11/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Billy Crudup, Douglas Booth join Sam Rockwell executive produced Life at These Speeds. Leif Tilden directs from the script by Marc Novak, based on the novel by Jeremy Jackson. This reunites Rockwell with Tilden who directed him in the award-winning short BigLove, reports Variety. Booth plays a rural teen who loses his best friends in a tragic accident, takes all of his guilt as a survivor, and channels it into a running addiction, becoming a world-class distance runner. This is not unfamiliar ground for Crudup who portrayed Steve Prefontaine in Without Limits, and will play Booth's coach in Life at These Speeds.
- 1/11/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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