It’s been just a little over a year since it was announced thatPaul MescalandAndrew Scottwerecastin the leading roles in the latest adaptation ofTaichi Yamada’s award-winning novel,Strangers. Originally translated into English in 2004, the novel was first made into a Japanese language film in 1988. This time around,Andrew Haigh(Weekend) will direct and penAll of Us StrangerswithJamie BellandClaire Foystarring alongside Mescal and Scott. After a long wait, Searchlight Pictures has finally unveiled a first-look image that sees the budding bond between Adam (Scott) and Harry (Mescal).
With Harry’s arm draped around Adam, we see the duo get close in anightclubsetting. Both smiling at the other, it appears as though the men’s relationship - which will be the center of the film - is progressing smoothly.
While the original story takes place in Tokyo during the 1980s, Haigh’s adaptation is set in modern London. Living alone in a high-rise developed area of the city, Adam is pursuing his dream of becoming a screenwriter when he meets his neighbor - the mysterious Harry. From here, Adam’s life is flipped upside down as strange coincidences from his past begin to come out of the woodwork. Most eerily of all, Adam finds that two people that closely resemble his parents (FoyandBell) who died over three decades prior, are living in his childhood home. As his relationship with Harry grows closer, more curveballs are tossed Adam’s way.
Who’s BehindAll of Us Strangers?
With Haigh serving as the writer and director, the Searchlight title will be produced byPete CzerinandGraham Broadbentunder Blueprint, alongsideSarah Harvey. Included in the executive production team are Blueprint’sDiarmuid McKeownandBen Knightwith Film4’sDaniel Battsek,Farhana Bhula, andOllie Madden. Searchlight’sDanTram NguyenandKatie Goodson-Thomaswill oversee forSearchlightwithKim Tance,Apolline Berty, andJaya Campbell.
Already burning up the scene with an Academy Award and BAFTA nomination, Mescal has a busy lineup of film releases ahead of him withAll of Us Strangersjust being the start. TheGod’s Creaturesstar is currently filmingGladiator 2andMerrily We Roll Alongwith an appearance inGarth Davis’Foealso around the corner. BAFTA recipient, Scott most recently appeared oppositeBella RamseyinCatherine Called Birdyand will also soon star alongside a cast that includesGlenn CloseandJamie FoxxinSeth Gordon’sBack in Action.
Check out the first image forAll of Us Strangersbelow and catch it in theaters on December 22.
