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The screenplay was by Craig McInnes and the film was directed by Tom Edmunds.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe film stars Reno as a retired World War I veteran living in quiet service on a sprawling estate before a violent reckoning from his past turns the household into a war zone. Hollander plays a vicious Irish mobster hell bent on seizing the palatial estate Reno has dedicated his life to protect after its heir runs afoul of his compatriots abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEdmunds previously directed the U.K. comedy \u201cDead in a Week,\u201d starring the late Tom Wilkinson, Aneurin Barnard and Christopher Eccleston.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=7\">Indonesia Eyes Cannes 2028 Country of Honor as Culture Minister Fadli Zon Pushes Global Screen Agenda (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tReno\u2019s credits include \u201cLeon: The Professional,\u201d \u201cRonin,\u201d \u201cMission: Impossible,\u201d \u201cThe Da Vinci Code,\u201d \u201cGodzilla\u201d and \u201c22 Bullets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHollander is best known for his performances in Season 2 of \u201cThe White Lotus,\u201d the \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d franchise, among other titles, and for his Emmy-nominated turn as Truman Capote in \u201cFeud: Capote Vs. the Swans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe film was produced by Strong Island\u2019s Christopher Tuffin alongside Daniel-Konrad Cooper, Ari Novak, Amanda Delaplaine, Colin Bates, William Ramsey and Scott McFarland.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIt was produced by Strong Island, and co-produced and primarily financed by Valecroft, in concert with Rather Good Films, Tetrad, Pixium Film Group, Kodachrome, Secondary Lenders and Calculus Capital.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1\">Hello world!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K5 Intl. has closed multiple sales on action-thriller \u201cThe Butler,\u201d starring Jean Reno and Tom Hollander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,9,10],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-jean-reno","tag-tom-hollander"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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