Nyad | Annette Bening

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Four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right) is set to star in Oscar-winning duo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s (Free Solo) narrative directorial debut Nyad.

Heralding from The Imitation Game outfit Black Bear and American Sniper producer Mad Chance, the hot package has come together during the virtual EFM, where CAA Media Finance is currently shopping it to domestic buyers and STXinternational is handling foreign rights.

The project is based on Diana Nyad’s best-selling autobiography Find A Way, which follows the remarkable true story of the swimmer who, at age 64, assisted by her best friend and crew of 35 dedicated supporters, defied the odds to become the first person to complete the 110-mile journey from Cuba to Florida, through poisonous jellyfish and shark-infested waters.

Screenplay comes from Emmy-winner Ann Biderman (Ray Donovan) and Julia Cox (Parenthood). The aim is to start production this summer. Mad Chance’s Andrew Lazar (American Sniper) and Black Bear Pictures’ Teddy Schwarzman (I Care a Lot) developed and will produce. ±

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Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving sexual abuse, some strong language and brief partial nudity.

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Score by Alexandre Desplat.

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Select theatres October 20. On Netflix November 2.

First Look: Annette Bening Swims Toward the Role of a Lifetime in Nyad






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NYAD | Official Trailer | Netflix - YouTube

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Not surprised anyone has talked about this one. Serviceable biopic. Obvious that documentary filmmakers should usually stick to that genre. Not all but most.

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This was just okay. It started out good enough, but it just got exhaustive by the end, and the final 5 minutes or so were paiful as they stretched and milked the material for all its worth. I didn't know this was a biopic going in as I'd never heard of Diana Nyad before. On some level I respect her mentality not to give up, but she's also clearly a bit neurotic, and completely self-absorbed. The end credits showing the real people were probably the best part of the film, and to the filmmaker's credit, they seemed to do a pretty great job matching actors to their actual counterparts. I wasn't that impressed by Bening acting here. Physically speaking, she put a lot into the role, no doubt, but her acting lacked any real emotion behind it. I also feel the script and dialogue was rather weak, especially in the second half, which did not help. Jodie Foster was pretty good, but my favorite performance in the film was from Rhys Ifans.