Deadline are reporting that Liam Neeson is set to star in Neil Jordan‘s horse training drama The Trainer. The film is currently in development and will be shopped at the American Film market in Los Angeles this week.
The trade blog says that the film sees Liam Neeson stars ‘as John Moore, a premier horse trainer in the west of Ireland who, beset by tragedy, loses everything he cherishes and almost forgets to live. Into his life comes a teenage refugee, Nadya, who has fled her own horrors and now finds herself in a confounding new world. Their only connection to themselves, and ultimately to their own hearts, is a horse called Allabelle, who is about to prove that they may all have one race left inside of them.’
Shooting will kick off in Neeson and Jordan’s native Ireland next summer.
“Liam Neeson is one of the world’s most beloved actors, thanks to unforgettable performances in films ranging from Schindler’s List to Love Actually, so we’re thrilled to have Liam return to Ireland with a character-driven film like The Trainer,” said Gabrielle Stewart, managing director of HanWay Films, who are backing the project. “He and Neil are a great pairing and David Donohue’s, James Villemaire’s and Todd Komarnicki’s script provides us a beautiful and life-affirming story of a man learning to live again.”
Jordan is the genius responsible for The Crying Game, Interview With The Vampire and, more recently Byzantium.
Neeson will next be heard in the superb A Monster Calls, which debuts in cinemas in January.
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