- THE GREEN BLADE GRASS
Wes Bentley (The Hunger Games) and Brit Marling (Another
Earth) have been cast in The Green Blade Rises, an upcoming feature film about
Abraham Lincoln's formative years.
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| Wes Bentley and Brit Marlling |
They join Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds) and Jason
Clarke (Public Enemies), who play Lincoln's step-mother and father. Bentley
will play the future President's first teacher and Marling will play Nancy, his
biological mother who withstood the challenges of pioneer life.
The Green Blade Rises tells the untold story of the youth of
America's greatest hero. It chronicles the hardships that shaped him, including
abandonment by his father in the harsh winter wilderness, the tragedy that
marked him forever and the two women who guided him to immortality, putting him
on the path to becoming one of the most influential Presidents in United States
history.
The Green Blade Rises is the directorial debut of AJ
Edwards, who also wrote the original screenplay.
AJ Edwards has worked with Terrence Malick on three of his
films including To the Wonder, The Tree Of Life and The New World. He got his
start as an editorial intern on Malick's The New World and served as the editor
on To the Wonder.
The Green Blade Rises is being produced in association with
Brothers K.
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