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DANIEL RADCLIFFE SET TO STAR IN BROOKLYN BRIDGE GOLDCREST TO DISTRIBUTE STARTING AT THE EFM

London, UK – (22.01.2014)

Pascal Degove, Managing Director of Goldcrest Films (Goldcrest) announced today that the company has concluded a deal whereby Goldcrest will finance, distribute and sell all international rights to Brooklyn Bridge, to be directed by Douglas McGrath (Oscar nominee Emma with , Infamous, Nicholas Nickleby). Daniel Radcliffe is attached to star.

From a screenplay by McGrath Brooklyn Bridge is produced by for Killer Films (two time academy award nominee Boys Don’t Cry, multiple award winner One Hour Photo) and by Rose Ganguzza. Goldcrest’s Nick Quested and Pascal Degove together with Jill Samuels are serving as Executive Producers.

Goldcrest will handle international sales, marketing and distribution and will be introducing distributors to the title at the forthcoming EFM in Berlin. Subsequent casting announcements, including the lead actress, are anticipated to follow swiftly.

Daniel Radcliffe is currently starring in Sony Pictures Classics’ Kill Your Darlings, which, having premiered at the , has just opened to rave reviews. He will next be seen starring opposite Zoe Kazan in CBS Films and eOnes’s romantic comedy The F Word, as well as starring opposite Juno Temple in the horror-thriller Horns, which is based on Joe Hill’s best selling book. All three films were invited to screen at Toronto’s 2013 International Film Festival. Since completing the final instalment in the series of eight Harry Potter films, Radcliffe has continued to prove himself a diverse and acclaimed talent. In 2011 he starred in a ten month sell-out run of the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and in 2012 Radcliffe starred in Hammer’s The Woman in Black, which has since become the most successful British horror film of all time, in addition to box office success in the US. Last summer saw Radcliffe star in the in the hugely acclaimed West End production of Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan which has just announced is transference to Broadway this Spring, and film the second series of Sky Art’s A Young Doctor’s Notebook, again opposite Jon Hamm (broadcast on Ovation in the US and Sky Arts in the UK). Radcliffe will next star with James McAvoy in Paul McGuigan’s Frankenstein.

Inspired by true events, the brilliant but inexperienced engineer Washington Roebling (Radcliffe) is left to oversee the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge when his father passes away. Besieged by calamity, danger and doubt, Washington’s obsession threatens his health and to drive his family apart until he discovers he has an improbable ally… his charming and shrewd wife Emily.

Goldcrest Post (home to the Academy Award winning sound team from Les Misérables) will be providing picture and sound post production services.

Notes Pascal Degove, Managing Director Goldcrest Films: “Having Daniel’s involvement is a massive coup for the film, not only is he perfect for the role, but he’s consistently proved himself to be one of the very few actors who is genuinely a massive draw for audiences of all ages.”

“We love Doug’s extraordinary script and working with Daniel is one of the rare treats in the business …this is thrilling for everyone at Killer” comments producer Christine Vachon.

Contact ORGANIC - Emma McCorkell [email protected] Tel: 0203 372 0976

About Goldcrest

Operating from and New York, Goldcrest is a long established and privately owned integrated filmed entertainment company. Highly skilled talent, expertise and experience underpin the company’s activities in three distinct operational areas:

 Goldcrest Films oversees the production, distribution and marketing of films produced by Goldcrest and third-party acquisition in addition to monetising Goldcrest’s celebrated library of over 100 titles and has recently announced they are fully financing and distributing The Autopsy of Jane Doe Andre Ovredal’s hotly anticipated English Language follow up to his acclaimed international hit Troll Hunter.  Goldcrest Post is a market leading supplier of Academy Award and BAFTA winning post- production services.  Goldcrest Finance raises funds and structures transactions in the media sector and has funded films ranging in budget from $3 million to $98 million, of which four have opened at number 1 at the US box office.

The company’s extensive list of credits includes Academy Award winners The Iron Lady, Les Misérables and Skyfall together with One Direction: This is Us, Twilight and Harry Potter.

www.goldcrestfilms.com

About Killer Films

The indie powerhouse, Killer Films has produced acclaimed features including Academy Award®- winning Boys Don’t Cry and Academy Award®-nominated Far From Heaven. Killer Films executive produced Mildred Pierce, the Emmy Award®-winning HBO mini-series starring Kate Winslet. Most recently, Killer produced Ramin Bahrani’s starring and , Sebastian Silva’s Magic Magic starring , Juno Temple and Emily Browning, John Krokidas’s debut feature Kill Your Darlings starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ben Foster, Jack Huston, and Elizabeth Olsen, and Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer’s The Last of Robin Hood starring Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, and Dakota Fanning.