Mads Mikkelsen joins Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in Apple’s ‘What Happens At Night’
Production details and a release date for the project directed by Martin Scorsese have yet to be announced
Mads Mikkelsen has finalised a deal to join Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming feature What Happens At Night for Apple Original Films.
The project, produced in partnership with Studiocanal, follows a married American couple who travel to a small, snowy European town to adopt a baby. The story is described as dream-like in tone. Patricia Clarkson is also attached to star.
Scorsese will direct and produce through Sikelia Productions. The screenplay has been adapted by Patrick Marber from the novel of the same name by Peter Cameron.
Mikkelsen is set to play Brother Emmanuel. The film marks another collaboration between Scorsese, DiCaprio and Apple Original Films following Killers of the Flower Moon, which received 10 Academy Award nominations. Lawrence has also worked with Apple on previous projects including Causeway and Bread & Roses, and is attached to star in and produce the forthcoming murder mystery The Wives.
Mikkelsen is widely recognised for his performances in Another Round, which won the Academy Award for Best International Feature, as well as The Hunt, Casino Royale, Doctor Strange and Riders of Justice. He is also known for his lead role in the television series Hannibal.
His recent film credits include Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Promised Land, and voicing Kiros in Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King. Upcoming projects include the dark comedy The Last Viking and the action thriller Sirius.
Production details and a release date for What Happens At Night have yet to be announced.
