Michael Shannon Joins Noomi Rapace In THE PRICE

Cargo Entertainment announced today that Oscar nominee Michael Shannon (Man of Steel, Take Shelter, Revolutionary Road) and Matthias Schweighöfer (Valkyrie) have been added to the cast of writer-director Siofra Campbell’s thriller THE PRICE.

Shannon and Schweighöfer join Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Prometheus), who plays the frantic mother of a kidnapped child who realizes that her ex-partner, played by Shannon, is the instigator and must deal with the fall-out when he is double-crossed.

Under the recently announced partnership between Marina Grasic’s Cargo Entertainment and Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International, Steinbauer, in her new role as Cargo’s President of Distribution, is handling foreign sales on the project at the ongoing Cannes Film Market.

Cargo represents worldwide rights to the film.

“I’m thrilled that Michael and Matthias have come on board to join Noomi on this remarkable film. Siofra has written a mind-blowing edge of your seat page-turner which will be brought to life by this wonderful cast,” said Grasic.

“Michael truly immerses himself in every role he is cast in and consistently delivers subtle and powerful performances and Matthias is definitely one to watch. The impressive cast and heart-racing, tense script will make this a hot project for buyers,” said Steinbauer.

Peggy Cafferty and Patrick Campbell are producing the feature film. Production is slated to start in September in Europe.

Michael Shannon was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Sam Mendes’ REVOLUTIONARY ROAD starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. He recently starred in Zach Snyder’s MAN OF STEEL; THE ICEMAN starring Ray Liotta, James Franco and Winona Ryder; and Jeff Nichol’s critically acclaimed TAKE SHELTER opposite Jessica Chastain. He will next be seen in Broad Green Pictures’ 99 HOLMES opposite Andrew Garfield; Lionsgate’s FREEHELD opposite Julianne Moore and Ellen Page; as well as Warner Bros. MIDNIGHT SPECIAL starring opposite Kirsten Dunst and Joel Edgerton. He will also star in ELVIS & NIXON opposite Kevin Spacey, in post-production and just wrapped Werner Herzog’s SALT AND FIRE.

Award-winning actor Matthias Schweighöfer’s credits include Bryan Singer’s VALKYRIE opposite Tom Cruise, SOLOALBUM, OFF BEAT and EIGHT MILES HIGH for which he won the German Bambi Award for Best Actor. He also won the Golden Camera Award for his performance in the television film “Mein Leben – Marcel Reich-Ranicki.” Schweighöfer is also an accomplished filmmaker who most recently co-directed DER NANNY which he also starred in and was released in Germany in March.

Shannon is repped by CAA, Wetzel Entertainment and attorney David Krintzman of Morris Yorn and Schweighöfer by Players Agentur Management and UBBA.

Cargo’s other titles include the comedy WELCOME TO ME, starring stars Kristen Wiig. Their other titles include the political thriller ZIPPER which world premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and stars Patrick Wilson and Dianna Agron from executive producer Darren Aronofosky. US distributor Alchemy is releasing both films and will distribute ZIPPER later in the year.

Their slate also includes the Josh Duhamel starrer LOST IN THE SUN in post-production and Derrick Borte’s coming-of-age drama LONDON TOWN, set to star Jonathan Rhys Meyers.