LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) - United Artists Entertainment LLC (UA) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) have announced that Robert Redford's LIONS FOR LAMBS will be released in North
America on Friday, November 9, 2007, with the remainder of the world to roll out in subsequent months. Principal photography on the first production from the new UA, began on January 29th with Robert Redford directing and starring alongside Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Derek Luke, Michael Pena, Andrew Garfield and
Peter Berg. Matthew Michael Carnahan wrote the original screenplay and produces alongside Redford, Tracy
Falco and Andrew Hauptman.
"Robert Redford has a remarkable ability to tell moving stories and capture the essence of the human experience," says United Artists CEO Paula Wagner. "We are very proud to have him at the helm of our inaugural production."
LIONS FOR LAMBS tells the poignant and layered story of several individuals caught up at various ends of the nation's war on terror - a senator (Cruise) attempting to spin the latest 'comprehensive strategy' to a network news journalist (Streep), an idealistic professor (Redford) trying to convince one of his most promising students (Garfield) to change the course of his life; and two young men (Luke and Pena), fighting in the snow-capped mountains of Afghanistan, whose desire to live a life of meaning leads them to join the U.S. army and the fight against global terrorism.
Redford is an accomplished producer and Academy Award(R) winning director whose directing credits include ORDINARY PEOPLE, A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT and QUIZ SHOW. He also has starred in such legendary films as BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, THE STING, OUT OF AFRICA, THE NATURAL, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, THE WAY WE WERE and THE HORSE WHISPERER.
Streep is an Academy Award(R) winning actress who won the 2006 Golden Globe and is nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA. Other film credits include THE DEER HUNTER, KRAMER VS. KRAMER, SOPHIE'S CHOICE, OUT OF AFRICA, ADAPTATION and PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION.
Cruise is three-time Academy Award(R) nominated actor whose film credits include the box office phenomenon MISSION IMPOSSIBLE series, WAR OF THE WORLDS, COLLATERAL, JERRY MAGUIRE and the critically acclaimed THE LAST SAMURAI and MAGNOLIA among others.
Luke's credits include ANTWONE FISHER, PIECES OF APRIL and CATCH A FIRE.
Pena's credits include MILLION DOLLAR BABY, CRASH and WORLD TRADE CENTER.
Carnahan penned the screenplay for the upcoming Peter Berg film, THE KINGDOM, starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner. He is also writing STATE OF PLAY starring Brad Pitt and working on the screenplay for WHITE JAZZ, directed by Joe Carnahan and starring George Clooney.
