In partnership with David Heyman’s Heyday Films, Hardy will also be serving as a producer along with Dean Baker through their Hardy Son & Baker banner.
According to Variety, Academy Award nominee Tom Hardy has officially signed on for the titular role in the long-in development biographical drama film titled Shackleton, which will center on the life of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
The Shackleton film will be written by Peter Straughan with Heyday Films, who is the production company behind Oscar nominated films A Marriage Story and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Studiocanal collaborating again to produce the film.
Sir Ernest Shackleton is a legendary polar explorer during the 1900s as he led three expeditions to the Antarctic.