05/12/2006

Madrid-based Filmax International has announced it will back the new project by Brad Anderson, Transsiberian, thus continuing a collaboration initiated with The Machinist [+see also:
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Germany's Universum Film GMBH is also joining the film, whose principal photography is set to begin on December 11 in several locations in Russia and Lithuania.

As the title suggests, the plot takes us to the mythical Trans-Siberian railway. Several moments before boarding on a journey from China to Moscow an American couple meet their travel companions. What initially seems to be a run-of-the-mill trip ends up overshadowed by deception and a series of murders.

When it comes to the cast, Transsiberian follows the trend of other recent horror local titles produced by Julio Fernández (i.e. Jaume Balagueró's Fragile [+see also:
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US actor Woody Harrelson (The People vs. Larry Flynt) and two-time British Oscar nominee Samantha Morton head a cast that also includes Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast), Kate Mara (Brokeback Mountain) and Spanish star Eduardo Noriega, who was recently seen in the local box office hit Alatriste [+see also:
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Other new Filmax titles include David Alcalde's In the Playground and Luis De La Madrid's EOS. The End of The Summer, both in pre-production, Ibon Cormenzana's The Totenwackers (see news), in post-production, and animation title El Ratón Perez, set for local theatrical release on December 22.