EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has closed a U.S. rights deal on Sound of Metal, the Darius Marder-directed drama that stars Nightcrawler’s Riz Ahmed as a drummer in a band who most come to terms w…
Marder co-wrotewith Abraham Marder after beginning it a decade ago as a collaboration with Cianfrance.is produced by Caviar’s Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, alongside Kathy Benz and Bill Benz.
CAA Media Finance brokered the deal with Amazon Studios on behalf of the filmmakers. Marder, Ahmed, Cooke, Amalric, and Cianfrance are represented by CAA. Protagonist Pictures is handling international sales. Ahmed looks every bit the part of a noise metal drummer, shirtless, coiled and intense. Amazon will play up the awards potential of his performance as a drummer whose entire identity, down to his girlfriend being his bandmate. The persistent ringing in his ears worsens, and as the drummer explores medical interventions to restore his hearing, it becomes clear that his way of life might well change forever as he also explores the culture of deafness.
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