Annapurna Pictures will co-produce and co-finance award-winning filmmaker Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers. The company also holds the domestic distribution rights for the film. Why Not Productions will co-produce and co-finance the film alongside Annapurna.
John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Riz Ahmed are set to star in the noir Western, written by Audiard and Thomas Bidegain, with production scheduled to begin this summer.
The Sisters Brothers, based on Patrick deWitt’s acclaimed novel of the same name, follows two brothers — Eli and Charlie Sisters — who are hired to kill a prospector who has stolen from their boss. The story has comedic elements, takes place in Oregon in 1851.
Annapurna’s Megan Ellison will serve as an executive producer for the project. The international rights are being handled by IMR International.
