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Colin Farrell to Star in Edward Berger's 'The Ballad of a Small Player' for Netflix

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  • Director: Edward Berger (All Quiet On The Western Front)

  • Cast: Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin) in the lead role of Lord Doyle

  • Writer: Rowan Joffe, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne

  • Producers: Mike Goodridge for Good Chaos, Edward Berger for Nine Hours, Matthew James Wilkinson for Stigma Films

  • Logline: When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation

  • The Ballad of a Small Player will shoot on location in Asia in Summer 2024

  • The film marks the first project under Berger’s creative partnership and global first look film deal with Netflix, via his Nine Hours company banner