Filming is ongoing for the upcoming The Lost City of Z, and Edward Ashley has been recently cast to play a major role. Photos of Charlie Hunnam and Robert Pattinson also made their rounds online during filming in Ireland.
As reported by The Wrap, In the Heart of the Sea actor Edward Ashley has made his way to a lead role for the upcoming film as Arthur Manley. In the film, Manley is the corporal who accompanies Charlie Hunnam's Col. Percival Fawcett in his journey to the jungle.
Principal photography for the film is currently under way in various places in Northern Ireland where the cast and crew are set to stay for 5 weeks before flying to film in Colombia in September and October. According to Inquisitr, cast members have been spotted in Northern Ireland.
Hunnam and Robert Pattinson were spotted in Belfast and Ballintoy and even granted fans to take several photos with them that eventually spread online. Rainy days have also been persistent during filming days, however, it did not stop the actors to play their characters well.
Aside from Pattinson, Hunnam, and Ashley, Belfast Telegraph reported that Sienna Miller is also on board as Fawcett's wife, Nina, along with Tom Holland who is set to play as Fawcett's son, Jack. The film's story follows Fawcet , a soldier and explorer who believed he discovered a lost civilzation in the Amazon Jungle in 1920 and later disappeared. The film is based on a novel of the same title by David Grann.
The Lost City of Z also stars Angus Macfadyen, Bobby Smallridge, Sienna Buck, and Stacy Shane. It is directed and written by James Gray. MICA Entertainment is financing the film and will also be produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner under Plan B Entertainment with Anthony Katagas and Dale Johnson. It is set to hit theaters in 2016.
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