The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Oscar-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen has set the upcoming drama Falling with HanWay Films as his directorial debut.
The film will be produced by Mortensen and Daniel Bekerman (The Witch) and HanWay Films will handle the international sales and distribution beginning at the American Film Market.
The production will also include cinematographer Marcel Zyskind, who previously worked with Mortensen on The Two Faces of January in 2014, and production designer Carol Spier, a frequent collaborator of David Cronenberg on films including Videodrome and The Fly, as well as having previously worked with Mortensen on Eastern Promises and A History of Violence.
Their worlds collide as his father Willis comes to live with John and his partner Eric and their adopted daughter Monica.