The Solution Entertainment Group Handling International Sales To David Mamet’s BLACKBIRD Starring Cate Blanchett

The Solution Entertainment Group will handle international rights to writer/director David Mamet’s thriller BLACKBIRD starring Oscar winning actress Cate Blanchett (BLUE JASMINE), it was announced today by The Solution Entertainment Group’s (“The Solution”) founders and partners, Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel.

The film, set to start shooting in January 2014 in Sydney, is being financed and produced by Saïd Ben Saïd’s Paris-based company, SBS Productions (SBS).

Janet (Blanchett) travels to Los Angeles for the funeral of her grandfather, a Hollywood visual effects artist who moonlighted for U.S. special ops agencies. After his death, hergrandfather’s well-kept secrets become a threat to her life, forcing Janet to discover the truth about a man who dedicated his life to making illusion reality.

The Solution will present the project to buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival with ICM and SBS handling US rights.

“BLACKBIRD is a quintessential suspense thriller in the vein of Mamet’s other great work, THE SPANISH PRISONER. The Solution is just as passionate and committed to the project as I am and will choose the right international partners to bring this film to aglobal audience,” said Ben Saïd.

“BLACKBIRD promises to be a nail-biting thriller in the hands of the talented David Mamet and the exceptional Cate Blanchett in the lead role. We’re delighted to be on board the project in Toronto,” said Wilson and Nestel.

Blanchett can currently be seen in Woody Allen’s critically acclaimed and box office success, BLUE JASMINE, opposite Alec Baldwin and Sally Hawkins. She won an Oscar for her performance in Martin Scorsese’s THE AVIATOR and has been nominated an additional four times for her roles in ELIZABETH, ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE, NOTES ON A SCANDAL and I’M NOT THERE.

Her upcoming films include reprising her role as Galadriel in Peter Jackson’s THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, to be released by Warner Bros. and George Clooney’s THE MONUMENTS MEN, both coming to theatres in December.

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