Reagent Media has set Garrett Hedlund and Brady Jandreau for filmmaker Paxton Winters’ next feature, Outside the Wire, about an American soldier and an Iraqi insurgent who find themselves dependent on each other for their survival. The two are thrust together on a road trip through the perils of the new Iraq. What starts as a journey of hate, forces the men to face their fears and navigate each other to reach their final destination. Zahraa Ghandour is also attached to star
Outside the Wire is Winters’ second script, which was chosen to participate in the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab. Paula Linhares and Marcos Tellechea (Pacified) of Reagent Media are producing with Rick Rosenthal (Bad Boys, Transparent) and Cherien Dabis (Amreeka, May in the Summer) serving as EPs. .Film Constellation is handling international rights with UTA Independent handling North American. Sales will launch at the upcoming Marché du Film Online. [Deadline]