Man Pearce, Jeffrey Dean Morgan to Headline The Change’s Crime Thriller ‘Neponset Circle’

Emmy-winning actor Man Pearce (“L.A. Confidential,” “Memento”) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (“The Strolling Useless,” “Rampage”) have boarded “Neponset Circle,” a darkish and gritty crime thriller based mostly on a real-life homicide that shook the Boston space and stays unsolved to at the present time.

The Change, dealing with the worldwide gross sales rights, is introducing the title to patrons at subsequent week’s American Movie Market in Santa Monica, CA.

The movie, written by John Chase, will likely be directed by Pauline Chan (“33 Postcards”), and produced by Landafar Leisure’s Grant Cramer, Volition Media’s Cindy Bru and Adam Beasley, and Wild Lunch Leisure’s Joram Moreka. Govt producers embrace Ford Corbett, Michael Jefferson, Len Gibson and Wayne Overstreet.

Cinematographer Toby Oliver (“Get Out”), who beforehand labored with Chan and Pearce on “33 Postcards,” will likely be behind the lens.

In opposition to a backdrop of politics and corruption, “Neponset Circle” follows an excellent however disgraced detective Jimmy O’Mannon, recent out of jail and making an attempt to rebuild his life. Jimmy quickly finds himself plunged right into a horrific case monitoring down a serial killer that his former accomplice and greatest good friend Ray Delaney is investigating. As Jimmy and Ray delve deeper into the case and the physique rely multiplies, Jimmy’s private world turns right into a nightmare past something he might have imagined.

“With this thrilling and bone chilling thriller at its core, audiences internationally will flock to Pauline’s recent imaginative and prescient, which will likely be executed by Man Pierce and Jeffery Dean Morgan who couldn’t be extra completely forged of their roles,” Nat McCormick, The Change’s worldwide gross sales and distribution president, mentioned.

The Change’s AFM lineup contains Ann Dowd’s “The Undertaker’s Youngsters,” Kathy Bates’ “Thelma,” and Olivia Munn’s “Replay.”

Pearce is represented by CAA, Shanahan Administration, Unbiased Expertise Group and Sloane, Provide, Weber & Dern; and Morgan by UTA and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.