The Untitled James Gray Project, starring Jeremy Renner, Marion Cotillard, & Joaquin Phoenix, gearing up to begin filming in NYC

January 7, 2012

This week the New York City-based casting agency Grant Wilfley posted a casting call looking for various types to appear in scenes for The Untitled James Gray Project in the New York City area on February 1, 16 & 17, proof the movie will begin filming in NYC within the next few weeks.

The film, also referred to as Low Life, is about “an innocent immigrant woman (played by Marion Cotillard) is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island” and has already received a lot of buzz, partially because it is one of Joaquin Phoenix’s first films in a few years.

Recently, Collider asked Jeremy Renner, who also appears in the movie, why he took a part in the film. He said, “What a great opportunity. It’s an amazing story. It’s James Gray, Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix. That’s some of the best talent out there. It’s not an action movie, which at this point, from where I’m sitting, is a nice thing. I can actually take a break on my body and just focus on work and character. That’s refreshing. And, to work with that caliber of talent is really exciting. It’s a small role. It’s something I can shoot in a very short amount of time. There’s a pimp, a whore and a magician, and I get to play the magician, in a really cool, early 1900′s immigration movie about Ellis Island.”

His response also explains how he will shoot the movie in the middle of filming The Bourne Legacy.

Be on the look out for The Untitled James Gray Project filming in NYC this winter and be sure to let us know about it via email at olv@onlocationvacations.com!

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