Oldman, Hammer to star in opioid thriller

Actors Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer and Evangeline Actors Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer and Evangeline  Lilly are set to star in Nicholas Jarecki‘s opioid  thriller titled Dreamland. Principal photography is underway in Montreal and Detroit. German actress Veronica Ferres also features in the film. In Dreamland, three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the US; an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son’s involvement with narcotics; and a university professor battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug company with deep government influence bringing a new “non-addictive” painkiller to market. Dreamland is written and directed by Jarecki as his follow up to Arbitrage, which earned a Golden Globe nomination for its star, Richard Gere. (IANS)