"Island" life calls Ruffalo
Mark Ruffalo attends the ''Reservation Road'' gala at the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival September 13, 2007.
Credit: Reuters/Mark Blinch
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Mark Ruffalo will star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's drama "Shutter Island" for Paramount and Columbia.
In Laeta Kalogridis' adaptation of Dennis Lehane's 2004 novel, Ruffalo will play U.S. Marshal Chuck Aule, who travels with his new partner (DiCaprio) to the titular Massachusetts island in 1954. As they investigate the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, they encounter a web of lies, a hurricane and a deadly inmate riot that leaves them trapped on the island.
Ruffalo has all but signed a final contract for the film.
Paramount will supervise production and handle North American distribution. Columbia is set to handle international distribution.
"Island" is the latest prestige project for Ruffalo ("Zodiac," "Reservation Road"), who next will be seen opposite Julianne Moore in Fernando Meirelles' thriller "Blindness" and in Rian Johnson's crime drama "The Brothers Bloom," with Rachel Weisz and Adrien Brody.
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