Oscar nominee Rosamund Pike has signed on for the leading role in the upcoming pandemic thriller film titled Rich Flu, which hails from The Platform director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, and producer Pablo Larraín (Spencer). Production is expected to begin later this year in fall.
“Rich Flu is an immense physical saga, full of twists, obstacles, and surprises,” Gaztelu-Urrutia said in a statement (via Deadline). “But, above all, it is a complex and provocative emotional journey to the depths of the human soul and the pinnacles of our glorious self-indulgence. Only an artist with the bravery and intelligence of Rosamund Pike could bring this film to life. I’m extremely grateful for the incredible and highly-respected team at Sierra/Affinity for their support in sharing our project at the Berlin market.”
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Rich Flu will be directed by Spanish filmmaker Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia from a screenplay he co-wrote with Pedro Rivero, who previously worked together in Netflix’s thriller film The Platform which won the People’s Choice Award for Midnight Madness at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
In the film, a strange disease kills off some of the richest and most influential people on the planet,” reads the synopsis. “First it was the billionaires, then the multi-millionaires and so on progressively….Then it threatens to strike anyone with any sort of fortune. With the whole world panicking, people try to flood the market with assets the world no longer wants. The movie asks how far people would go to save their skin when the wealth that made the world go round suddenly becomes its most dangerous commodity.”
It will be produced by Juan de Dios Larraín’s Fabula, which is the studio behind Pablo Larraín’s recently acclaimed biographical drama Spencer. Adrián Guerra and Núria Valls for Nostromo Pictures banner, Carlos Juárez; Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia and Albert Soler are producing, with Sierra/Affinity handling its international sales.
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Pike is best known for her acclaimed performance in David Fincher’s 2014 psychological thriller Gone Girl, which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. She recently won a Golden Globe Award for her role in black comedy thriller I Care a Lot. She will next be seen in the upcoming second season of Prime Video’s fantasy series The Wheel of Time.
