The Big Picture Colin Farrell will be lending his charm to The Ballad of a Small Player. The Netflix film is set to be helmed by All Quiet on the Western Front's Edward Berger. Deadline reports that production on the film is set to begin later this year.
Based on Lawrence Osborne's acclaimed 2014 novel of the same name, The Ballad of a Small Player will star Farrell as a high-stakes gambler and con man who poses as a member of the British aristocracy. On the run in his native England, he flees to the Chinese gambling mecca of Macau, where he finds a kindred spirit who may be the person who can redeem him.
What Is Colin Farrell Working On Now? Close Farrell has had a busy few years; in 2022, he starred in the DC Comics blockbuster The Batman under heavy prosthetics as the villainous Penguin, the Ron Howard survival drama Thirteen Lives, and the Martin McDonagh black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin, the latter of which earned him his first Academy Award nomination.
The Ballad of a Small Player will be written by Rowan Joffé . Mike Goodridge will produce via Good Chaos, with Berger via Nine Hours and Matthew James Wilkinson. Author Berger's novel The Forgiven was previously adapted into a film in 2022, starring Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, and Matt Smith. The Ballad of a Small Player is set to begin production later this year; it has not yet set a release date. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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