German filmmaker, playwright, author, photographer, and a major figure in New German Cinema, Wim Wenders, is headed to Kenya to shoot a new film.
The award-winning film director, known for his films like The State of Things, Room 666, The Wrong Move and Don’t Come Knocking, is working on a movie titled Submergence, which will be produced by Cameron Lamb through Lila 9th Productions. The production starts in March this year in Kenya, Germany and Spain.
Based on the book by J M Ledgard, the romantic thriller follows two lovers “immersed in life-or-death situations and separated by thousands of miles, who find solace in the memories of their intense romance the previous Christmas after a chance encounter on an Atlantic coast beach.” It follows James Moore, who has survived captivity by jihadist fighters in Somalia, and his love Danielle Flinders, who is exploring the depths of the ocean.
The book was ranked second in New York magazine’s The Best Ten Books of 2013 and New York Times’ list of 100 Notable Books of 2013 and will be adapted by Erin Dignam. The movie will star among others Alicia Vikander and James McAvoy.