Josh Gad To Play Truman Capote In PARTY OF THE CENTURY

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Bankside Films announced today Jack O’Connell, Chloe Grace Moretz and Josh Gad will star in Academy Award nominated writer /directors Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman’s Party of the Century, a New York romance based around Truman Capote’s infamous Black and White Ball.

Gad will portray Capote.

Tim Perell will produce the film through his shingle Process Media. Bankside Films will exclusively handle foreign sales, with CAA and Bankside Films co-representing North American rights. Hilary Davis, Stephen Kelliher and Patrick Howson will executive produce for Bankside Films. Head Gear Films will provide production financing with Phil Hunt and Compton Ross acting as executive producers. Party of the Century will shoot later this year in New York City.

Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman commented, “Our film is a delicate balance of worlds converging at a pivotal moment in time. Jack, Chloe and Josh are brilliant performers who can embody these worlds while bringing the electricity and pathos required to make the story fly.”

Stephen Kelliher of Bankside Films added “We could not be more excited to be working with Bob and Shari whose work we have long held in such high regard. They have attracted a truly outstanding cast and we have no doubt that Jack, Chloe and Josh will bring this captivating love story to the screen with a tenderness and joy which will satisfy audiences around the world.”

Inspired by an apocryphal tale, Party of the Century is an unexpected love story between Pete (O’Connell), a working-class elevator operator, and Fawn (Moretz), a beautiful Hollywood ingénue, both of whom score coveted invites to the most legendary party of all time, Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball.

Best known for his breakthrough performance in Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken, in 2016 Jack O’Connell co-starred in Jodie Foster’s financial thriller Money Monster alongside George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Other film credits include the critically acclaimed Starred Up and ’71. He will next be seen in Netflix TV series Godless from Steven Soderbergh and Scott Frank, TWC’s Tulip Fever and this summer returns to the stage in a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roofwith Sienna Miller. O’Connell is represented by CAA, Conway van Gelder Grant and Sloane Offer Weber & Dern.

Chloe Grace Moretz gained a tremendous following for her role in the Kick-Ass series and went on to garner acclaim for performances in Hugo andClouds of Sils Maria among other films. She will next be seen in Suspiriawith Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton and The Miseducation of Cameron Post with Quinn Shephard and Jennifer Ehle. Moretz is represented by WME and T Squared Entertainment.

One of Hollywood’s most sought after actors, Josh Gad recently turned in unforgettable performances as “LeFou” in Beauty and the Beast and “Olaf” in Frozen. This Fall, Gad can be seen starring in Open Road’s Marshall as “Sam Friedman” and in the Fox film Murder on the Orient Express. Gad is represented by WME, Lighthouse Management & Media and P.J. Shapiro

Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman are an Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaking team. Their debut feature, American Splendor, garnered numerous awards including an Academy Award Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, a FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes, the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Best Film of the Year – National Society of Film Critics. Their Emmy Award Winning/Golden Globe nominated HBO film Cinema Verite starred Diane Lane, James Gandolfini and Tim Robbins and was praised by THE NEW YORKER as “A feast of performance” and “thoroughly cinematic.” Other films include The Extra Man starring Kevin Kline and Paul Dano, The Nanny Diaries with Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney and Chris Evans and Ten Thousand Saints with Ethan Hawke, Hailee Steinfeld and Asa Butterfield.