"Wartime Wanderers" (NEW FILM)

[soccergirl12]

That is sad for that guy being killed this movie's premise sounds very interesting! Do we know when it will start production?

[Marika]

Rupert Everett??? nice one

but for all we know, Rupert may to pull off this project after filming another war film (Comrade)

[minnie]

I don't think he will, unless he hasn't got the time. The more projects the better, and who cares if they are both war films? (I've changed my tune xD)

You were all right, it doesn't matter if they are both war films, they are both different concepts, and different characters.

I say go for it Rupes! ;D

[millas]

I say GO FOR IT!. And that goes for both Ruperts.

[lino]

I don't really like war films. But if Rupert gets to share screen and will co-star with different known and famous actors the better. He only can benefit from playing with other known names. Otherwise he will be just known as Ron Weasly the young actor from Harry Potter.
So if it helps him to stamp his mark in the industry then i am all for it. And having other famous names next to him will just help him.

[mony]

Here is some info from The Playlist

blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/rupert_grint_jonathan_pryce_to_star_in_ww2_soccer_drama_wartime_wanderers/

Rupert Grint & Jonathan Pryce To Star In WW2 Soccer Drama ‘Wartime Wanderers’

Considering how hard it is to make a decent sports movie at all (boxing and baseball seem to fare best, but even then there’s plenty of dross focusing on both pastimes), it’s not surprising, considering the general American apathy towards the game, that soccer, or football as the rest of us call it, hasn’t had much success on the big-screen, bar Ken Loach‘s “Looking for Eric” and Tom Hooper‘s mostly strong “The Damned United” a couple of years back. “Escape to Victory?” No. “Kicking and Screaming?” Not so much. “When Saturday Comes?” Definitely not.

But with Team U.S.A.‘s success in last summer’s World Cup bringing new fans to the game, people are going to keep trying: Gerard Butler is starring in the “Shampoo”-esque sex comedy “Playing the Field,” and now news has come from the U.K. of a new project focusing on a famous, pathos-filled incident within the game, and it’s got some fairly big-name actors attached.

The Observer reports that Rupert Grint, who’s just finishing up his ‘Harry Potter’ duties in this summer’s ‘Deathly Hallows Part 2,’ and the great Jonathan Pryce are on board “Wartime Wanderers,” which tells the story of the 1939 Bolton Wanderers F.C. team, who, inspired by a speech by captain Harry Goslin, enlisted to active duty en masse: a rarity among professional footballers of the time. The 53rd Field Regiment of the Bolton Artillery, as they became, saw action in France (including the Battle of Dunkirk), North Africa and Italy, and remarkably, only one of the 15 team members who enlisted was killed in action—Goslin himself.

Pryce, last seen on screen in “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” will play the team’s manager, while Grint will play Ernie Forrest, the joker of the team. Also on board are Sean Maguire (”Meet the Spartans”) as Goslin, Matthew McNulty (“Looking For Eric,” “The Arbor”) as star player Ray Westwood, and Bradley Walsh (”Law & Order: UK”) as the Sergeant Major who looks after the players on their enlistment. David Whitney, who helmed Afghanistan-set actioner “Kandahar Break,” is directing, and the script comes from TV veteran Tim Purcell and Jack Seddon, based on Purcell’s book of the same name.

The project’s currently seeking final investment, and you can get involved on the website, if you’ve ever wanted to be a movie producer, and have a few grand lying around. If that money comes through, and all the cast remain on board, the film is intended to go before cameras in the fall, with a summer 2012 release being targeted.

[soccergirl12]

Is Rupert doing Eddie the Eagle still? I thought that was being filmed in the fall? Oh decisions, decisions to what I want to see Rupert do I love soccer (hence the screen name ) but would also love to see him as a skier too!

[suzeeq]

www.rupertgrintonline.com/rupert-not-attached-to-wartime-wanderers/

Rupert’s reps contacted us this morning confirming that he is not attached to this project now so we can finally lay this one to rest.

What has happened is the website is a pre-production website for investors and people took it as the official movie website. It plainly says in it that the credits (actors) are not contractual. Normally, producers don't put their websites out in the open but I guess they are trying to get Bolton fan's and other people to invest and the net is the way to go to get the word out.

[empertgrinson]

aw that's a shame oh well

[soccergirl12]

Amazing what they do to jive up business-but whatever it takes I guess-too bad because it sounded interesting-also he is going to do Eddie so I guess it makes sense-suz yall always do such great detective work!!!