Seven months have passed since it was announced that Nicole Kidman would be starring in and producing a Hitchcockian thriller called Holland, Michigan – a project that has spent the last decade in development hell. It started out with a screenplay by Andrew Sodroski, creator of the Discovery television series Manhunt, that was featured on the Black List back in 2013. At one point, documentarian Errol Morris was going to direct a version of Holland, Michigan that was going to star Naomi Watts, Bryan Cranston, and Edgar Ramirez. But it fell apart before filming could begin. Now Kidman is working with director Mimi Cave – who recently made her feature directorial debut with the thriller Fresh – to finally make Holland, Michigan happen. And The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Kidman has secured a co-star: Gael García Bernal (Werewolf by Night).
Details on the character Bernal will be playing have not been revealed. In fact, most details about Holland, Michigan are being kept under wraps. All that’s being said about the plot is that it “involves secrets that lurk beneath a Midwestern town with a Hitchcock bent.” But here’s the synopsis that was given when the script was on the Black List nine years ago: When a traditional Midwestern woman suspects her husband of infidelity, an amateur investigation unravels.
Kidman is producing the film with Per Saari, through her company Blossom Films. In addition to Kidman and Saari, Holland, Michigan is being produced by Peter Dealbert of Pacific View Management & Productions. Kate Churchill serves as executive producer.
As for characters, it’s probably safe to assume that Nicole Kidman and Gael García Bernal are playing the roles Errol Morris had cast Naomi Watts and Edgar Ramirez in. Now we’ll have to wait and see Mimi Cave is going to find to play the character that Morris had assigned to Bryan Cranston.
Are you interested in Holland, Michigan? What do you think of Nicole Kidman and Gael García Bernal leading the cast? Let us know by leaving a comment below. It would have been interesting if Morris had been able to get the movie made with the cast he had, but I’m looking forward to seeing how it will turn out under Cave’s direction, with the cast she has. I really liked Fresh, so I’m on board to see what she does next.