Ralph Fiennes is in talks to star with Rebecca Hall, Mark Strong and Saïd Taghmaoui in director John Michael McDonagh’s The Forgiven.
An adaptation of the novel by Lawrence Osborne, the story deals with the reverberations of a random accident on the lives of an English couple, their friends and local Moroccans who converge on a luxurious desert villa during a decadent weekend-long party.
Fiennes just wrapped production on The White Crow for BBC Films, which he directed.
CAA, which arranged financing, is representing the US rights, with IMR International handling the foreign rights and introducing the film to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival next week.
McDonagh and Elizabeth Eves will produce and filming begins early next year in Morocco. Fiennes previously worked with McDonagh’s brother Martin on In Bruges.
