EXCLUSIVE: There’s an indie feature project titled Queen of the Falls that is coming together with Pamela Anderson and Guy Pearce set to headline.
The logline is for the most part under wraps, but is said to be a music-infused tale about two lovers on the run.
The project comes from filmmaking duo Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia, who are both writing and directing. The two won the “Someone to Watch” Independent Spirt Award for their 2014 movie H.
Grammy winner Marius De Vries (La La land, Moulin Rouge) is on board to do the music and Celia Rowlson Hall (The Testament of Anne Lee, Aftersun) will choreograph.
Attieh and Garcia’s H. played Venice, Sundance and Berlin. They also won the Nora Ephron Award at the Tribeca Film Festival for their film Initials S.G.
Queens of the Fall will be produced by Oscar-winning producer Mollye Asher (Nomadland, The Rider) and Shruti Ganguly (H. Initials S.G.).
Pearce is repped by CAA, Independent Talent Group and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. The actor was recently nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars for Brady Corbet’s post-WWII epic The Brutalist, in which he played a crooked rich man who tasks Adrien Brody’s Hungarian immigrant architect with an impossible edifice. The role also earned Pearce a Golden Globe nom. The actor won a 2011 Emmy for HBO’s Mildred Pearce in the Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie category. Pierce recently completed Ned Crowley’s Western Killing Faith, and his many other film credits include L.A. Confidential and Memento.
Anderson starred in Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl, which world premiered at last year’s TIFF and was promptly acquired by Roadside Attractions for awards season, where the actress landed a Golden Globe nom and a SAG Award nom for Female Actor in a Drama. She starred opposite Liam Neeson in Paramount’s reboot of The Naked Gun, which is approaching $100 million at the global box office. The Baywatch star played Roxie Hart on Broadway in the 2022 production of Chicago.