Jessica Lange and Ed Harris are headlining a new adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s play Long Day’s Journey Into Night, here are the first details.
Theatre onscreen is currently in the best shape it has been in quite some time. Matthew Warchus, Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin’s Matilda: The Musical is doing big business and National Theatre Live’s broadcast of Jodie Comer’s barnstorming performance in Prima Facie was the highest grossing event cinema release ever.
Now, another play is heading to the big screen in the form of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night. It has been filmed multiple times before, with Katherine Hepburn winning an Oscar for her performance in Sidney Lumet’s 1962 version. Perhaps the most interesting adaptation was the 2018 version, a Chinese film by writer/director Bi Gan, whose final 59 minutes were filmed in one continuous, unbroken take.
The play is a scorching examination of a fractured family relationship in 1912 Connecticut., with tensions, resentments and addictions all bubbling away under the surface.
Ed Harris and Jessica Lange headline the film, alongside Colin Morgan and Ben Foster.
Jonathan Kent, who directed Lange in a stage production of the same play, makes his feature directorial debut from a script by playwright David Lindsay-Abaire.
Long Day’s Journey Into Night has just wrapped production in Ireland,, we’ll keep you updated as we hear more. A release date next year looks likely.
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