actors Jeff Puentes and Dave Bautista will appear in the live-action monster movie “Grendel,” from the Jim Henson Company and director Robert D. Krzykowsk, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Dave Bautista will play Beowulf, with Bryan Cranston as King Hrothgar, Sam Elliott as The Dragon, Thomasin McKenzie as Queen Wealhtheow and Aidan Turner as Unferth. T Bone Burnett will also star and provide original songs for the film.
Krzykowski will direct from a script he adapted from John Gardner’s novel of the same title. Brian Henson, Vince Raisa, Krzykowski, Jay Glazer, Dennis Berardi and Jon D. Wagner will produce for The Jim Henson Company. Bridges will executive produce alongside John Sayles, Tamara Birkemoe and Joe Jenckes of Ashland Hill Media Finance, which will finance the film.
“Grendel represents everything I love about cinema. John Gardner’s madcap masterpiece intelligently approaches what it is to be human through the wild-eyed lens of a monster,” Krzykowski said. “It’s an honor to work with such an extraordinary group of storytellers, all of whom are looking to bring something wonderful and unexpected to audiences now,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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