Los Angeles, CA (January 21, 2011) – Media 8 Entertainment, a leading film entertainment company engaged in the production, financing, acquisition, and worldwide licensing of theatrical feature films, announced today that British leading man Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings Trilogy) will star in “The Laureate,” alongside rising young actresses Imogen Poots (Cracks, Me and Orson Wells, Solitary Man) and Kerry Condon (The Last Station, The Runaway). William Nunez wrote and will direct the film, a sexy drama which tells the true story of a love triangle between famed young British poet and writer Robert Graves (Bloom), his wife Nancy (Condon), and the passionate young American writer Laura Riding (Poots). Media 8 Entertainment is handling worldwide sales for the film.
Set against the glamorous backdrop of Britain's Roaring ‘20s, “The Laureate” tells the story of young British War Poet Robert Graves, who is married with four children when he meets and becomes romantically involved with Laura Riding, a beautiful writer from America studying at Oxford University. Defying the conventions of polite society, Riding soon moves in with Graves and his wife, living as a ménage a trois – but soon tensions and rivalries among the artistic threesome become so fraught that Graves becomes a suspect for attempted murder.
William Nunez: “At its core, The Laureate will be a study of intense relationships: what created them, what can undo them, what they encompass, what they can alter, and what they can't. I want to probe deeply into the characters and through my understanding of them, my abilities to convey their passions to the screen and connect with the audience will be profound.”
Said Stewart Hall, President of Media 8 Entertainment, “This is a sexy and incredibly compelling true story. The love triangle and the publicity it generated have a very modern feeling to it, and this is a fantastic cast to bring it to life.”
Phillip Moran and Paul Myler are producing the film along with William Nunez. Media 8 will handle worldwide sales. Production is set to begin on the film, in the UK and Ireland, in Summer 2011. CAA represents both Bloom and Poots while Condon is repped by ICM.
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