New Line Takes Theron 'Bottom Of The World'

[Thursday, January 12th, 2006]
Michael Angarano
Charlize Theron
New Line are team up with Charlize Theron's Denver and Delilah Films to make The Ice at the Bottom of the World, a drama that Theron will star in and produce, according to Variety.

For several years, Theron has controlled the rights to the drama, which Mark Richard scripted from his fictional short story.

It's set in the Chesapeake Bay, where a Navy captain reluctantly retires for health reasons. After years of neglecting his family while at sea, the grizzled veteran throws his dysfunctional family into chaos. Theron will play one of his daughters, who returns home a heroin addict and the single mother of a mixed-race child.

"I know that Bob and I are creatively aligned and that together we will bring the story to the screen in a most potent way," Theron said.

Berney said Theron brought the project to him and that he was eager to have her involved behind the scenes, as well as being onscreen.

"We had a great partnership on 'Monster.' She has the eye, the energy and a down-to-earth sensibility for knowing how hard to you have to work to make an independent film a success," Berney said.

Production will begin later this year.

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