Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Low Dweller, a dark thriller in the vein of No Country For Old Men, has been casting around for a director for a while now – and today it found one, in the shape of critically-acclaimed commercials director, Rupert Sanders.
Little is known about Sanders – he appears to be British (though we can’t say for sure; but we’re yet to meet an American Rupert), is a protégé of Tony Kaye, was apparently homeless in LA for a while according to this interview, and he’s been attached to the remake of The Wild Geese, apparently his favourite film, for the last two years.
But he’s also built up a stunning CV packed with visually imaginative commercials, including an X-Men Origins: Wolverine promo that caught the eye of DiCaprio and Ridley Scott, who are both producing the movie.
DiCaprio isn’t yet attached to star in The Low Dweller, about an ex-con who is haunted by a mysterious figure from his past, but we’d be surprised if he didn’t sign on to star at some point.
As for Sanders, The Low Dweller seems to be closer than **The Wild Geese **to the sort of material he’s tackled so far: dark, moody and complex. Brad Ingelsby’s script sparked a bidding frenzy when it went on the market last year – it was eventually sold to Relativity Media for a seven-figure sum. So hopes are high – this is one project we’re definitely going to keep an eye on.