6 February, 2009
By Audrey WardSource: Screen Daily
ContentFilm International has acquired worldwide sales rights to Mythic International Entertainment’s Ironclad which stars James Purefoy and Paul Giamatti.
Directed by Jonathan English (Minotaur), Ironclad is an ultra violent medieval action thriller. It is set to go in production in the summer.
It tells the true story of a group of warriors who withstood several brutal and bloody months under siege, in a desperate bid to defend their country’s freedom.
Purefoy stars as a Templar Knight and Giamatti is the sly and deceitful King John. They star alongside Bob Hoskins, Robert Carlyle, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Attenborough, William Moseley, Colm Meany and Angus McFayden.
Rick Benattar is producing with Jonathan English and Andrew Curtis for Mythic International Entertainment. Glenn Kendrick Ackermann is executive producer.
