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| Directed by | Adam Cooper |
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| Based on | The Book of Mirrors by E.O. Chirovici (novel) (2017) |
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| Cinematography | Ben Nott |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Sleeping Dogs is an upcoming film starring Russell Crowe and Karen Gillan. It is based on the E.O. Chirovici novel The Book of Mirrors (2017) which was adapted by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage and produced by Nickel City Pictures. The film marks Adam Cooper’s feature length directorial debut.
A former homicide detective Roy Freeman (Crowe) is being treated for Alzheimer’s Disease but is forced to re-open an old case involving the murder of a college professor (Csokas) when new light comes from a mysterious woman (Gillan).[1]
The project is an adaptation by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage of E.O. Chirovici’s critically acclaimed novel, The Book of Mirrors with Cooper also on-board as director. Mark Fasano of Nickel City Pictures is producer, alongside Cooper, Collage and Pouya Shabazian of New Leaf Literary. Matthew Goldberg, Cliff Roberts and Highland Film Group CEO Arianne Fraser are executive producers. In August 2022 Crowe was announced in the lead role.[2][3]
In November 2022 it was announced that Highland Film Group had agreed distribution deals with Signature Entertainment in the UK and Rialto Distribution for Australia and New Zealand, amongst other deals.[4]
In February 2023 Karen Gillan, Marton Csokas, Harry Greenwood and Thomas M Wright were added to the cast.[5]
The film started principal photography in Victoria, Australia in February 2023,[6][7] with Crowe making himself at home in Melbourne.[8] Production had wrapped by May.[9]