EXCLUSIVE: Hot on the heels of his first Emmy nomination for The White Lotus, Jason Isaacs has come aboard to star opposite Taylor Kitsch and Diego Luna in Eleven Days, the indie hostage thriller from Parkland and Concussion helmer Peter Landesman.
The film takes place in the sweltering heat of a Texas summer in 1974, watching as ruthless prisoner Federico Carrasco takes control of the Huntsville Penitentiary. The prison’s priest, Father Joseph O’Brien — played by Isaacs — joins forces with Jim Estelle (Kitsch), head of the Texas Department of Corrections, by entering the eye of the storm and offering himself as a hostage to out-game Carrasco and his men, in an attempt to save the lives of the other hostages that have been taken.
Script is by Kevin Sheridan with revisions by Landesman, based on the book Eleven Days In Hell: The 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege at Huntsville, Texas by William T. Harper. Vincent Newman and Vance Howard will produce, with production to take place in Texas in September.
Isaacs drew rave reviews for his turn as tortured money launderer Timothy Ratliff in the Thailand-set third season of HBO’s hit series The White Lotus, where he starred opposite Parker Posey, Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola, and Patrick Schwarzenegger. He’s currently up for a Supporting Actor Emmy nom for his work on the show and will next begin production opposite Maika Monroe on the psychological horror-thriller Victorian Psycho.
Isaacs will next be seen starring in the indie Honey Bunch, which premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and will soon have its North American premiere at TIFF. He is repped by Independent Talent Group, Gersh, and Strand Entertainment.
