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Park Chan-wook Lines Up Western 'The Brigands of Rattlecreek' for Cannes Sales

The package goes to the Cannes market to seek financing.

Overview

  • Park will direct the feature with Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, Pedro Pascal and Tang Wei attached, news that broke Monday.
  • Legendary-backed label 193 will sell international rights and begin presales at the Cannes Film Festival, where Park serves as jury president.
  • The project is not yet greenlit, with a budget reported to top $60 million as backers court distributors.
  • The story centers on a sheriff and a doctor pursuing a gang after a brutal raid, with Butler playing the ringleader.
  • The film adapts S. Craig Zahler’s script, a 2006 Black List title that drew prior interest from Warner Bros. and Amazon, where McConaughey was eyed in 2019.