Sand Castle (film)

For other similarly titled films, see Sandcastle (disambiguation).

Sand Castle
Directed by	Fernando Coimbra
Produced by	Mark Gordon Justin Nappi Ben Pugh
Written by	Chris Roessner
Starring	Nicholas Hoult Henry Cavill Logan Marshall-Green Tommy Flanagan Glen Powell Beau Knapp Neil Brown, Jr.
Production company	The Mark Gordon Company 42 Treehouse Pictures
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English

Sand Castle is an upcoming American war drama film directed by Fernando Coimbra and written by Chris Roessner. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Henry Cavill, Logan Marshall-Green, Tommy Flanagan, Glen Powell, Beau Knapp, and Neil Brown, Jr.. The film centers on Matt Ocre, a young machine gunner, tasked to save a village in Iraq, and is based on the true events and the experience of film's writer Roessner during the Iraq War. Principal photography began on November 2, 2015.

Plot

Set in 2003 in Iraq, about a young machine gunner, Matt Ocre (Nicholas Hoult), who is among a platoon which is tasked to repair a broken water system in the dangerous village, Baqubah.

Cast

• Nicholas Hoult as Matt Ocre, a young machine gunner.
• Henry Cavill as Captain Syverson
• Logan Marshall-Green as Sergeant Baker, the leader of a platoon who is tasked to save a village.
• Tommy Flanagan as Sergeant McGregor
• Glen Powell as Sergeant Falvy
• Beau Knapp
• Neil Brown, Jr. as Enzo

Production

Chris Roessner's true story based script Sand Castle was appeared among the 2012 unproduced Black List screenplays, based on his own experience as a machine gunner in Iraq's Sunni Triangle. On March 13, 2014, it was announced that Nicholas Hoult would lead the cast of the Iraqi war drama film to play the role of Matt Ocre, a young machine gunner. The film would be produced by Mark Gordon through The Mark Gordon Company, who also bought the script, and commercial director Seb Edwards was hired to direct the film centered on Sergeant Baker, the leader of a platoon, and one of his soldiers, Ocre. On May 9, 2014, uMedia came on board to finance the film and would handle the international sales, while Toby Kebbell was also reported to be cast in the film to play Sergeant Baker.

On October 8, 2015, Luke Evans and Henry Cavill joined the film, where Evans would play Sergeant Baker, while Cavill would play Captain Syverson of the special forces running the operation in the dangerous village Baqubah. Fernando Coimbra, director of A Wolf at the Door, was set to direct the film which Treehouse Pictures would fully finance and produce, while other producers would be Roessner, Gordon, Justin Nappi, and 42's Ben Pugh. Voltage Pictures would handle the international sales now. On October 9, 2015, Beau Knapp joined the film to play a sergeant who has to repair a broken water system in village. On October 14, 2015, Glen Powell was cast in the film to play Sergeant Falvy, a tough-minded soldier. On October 26, 2015, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Logan Marshall-Green had replaced Evans for his role of Sergeant Baker, the leader of a platoon. On October 29, 2015, Neil Brown, Jr. joined the film to play the role of Enzo. Tommy Flanagan was cast in the film for a lead role of Sgt. McGregor.

Principal photography on the film began on November 2, 2015.

External links

• Sand Castle at IMDb