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Almost exactly one year ago today, it was announced that Christina Hendricks of the TV shows Mad Men and Good Girls had signed on to star in the psychological thriller Reckoner… but Hendricks has since run into scheduling issues, so Deadline reports that she has had to drop out of the project, with Noomi Rapace of Prometheus and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo stepping in to replace her.

Based on a short story by author Rachel Ingalls, Reckoner will mark the feature directorial debut of Nissar Modi, who previously wrote the 2013 horror film Breaking at the Edge and the 2015 sci-fi film Z for Zachariah. The story of Reckoner centers on an affluent woman whose carefully constructed life is disrupted by a young man connected to a tightly-held secret from her past.

The film is being produced by XYZ Films and Two & Two Pictures, with XYZ Films providing the financing.

When the project was originally announced, Christina Hendricks was set to star in Reckoner, but Deadline lets us know that Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) has taken over the leading role.

The site reports this afternoon, “Prometheus and Constellation star Rapace is replacing Christina Hendricks who is no longer attached due to scheduling conflicts, we understand.”

Nissar Modi (Z for Zachariah) is writing and directing Reckoner.

“The plot will follow an affluent woman whose carefully constructed life is disrupted by a young man connected to a tightly-held secret from her past.”

The film is based on a short story written by Rachel Ingalls.

XYZ Films and Two & Two Pictures are producing.

“We are immensely excited to join forces with an exceptionally talented team for Reckoner. It is an honour to have Noomi Rapace on board to complement Nissar’s electrifying directorial debut,” Two & Two Pictures said in an official statement shared by Deadline today.

Christina Hendricks is to star in 'Reckoner'.The 47-year-old actress will lead the cast of the psychological thriller that is written and directed by Nissar Modi, who is making his big-screen directorial debut.In the film, an affluent woman's carefully constructed life gets disrupted by a young man who is connected to a secret from her past.The movie – which will be sold at the Cannes Film Festival later this month – is based on a short story by the late writer Rachel Ingalls. It will be produced by XYZ Films and Two and Two Pictures, with the former financing the project.Modi said: "I'm delighted to be working with the immensely talented Christina Hendricks on this haunting tale of guilt, obsession and revenge."It's a film I've been envisioning for many years ever since I read Rachel Ingalls' remarkable short story, and am excited to finally bring it to life...

Christina Hendricks of the TV shows Mad Men and Good Girls has signed on to star in the psychological thriller Reckoner, Deadline reports. Based on a short story by author Rachel Ingalls, Reckoner will mark the feature directorial debut of Nissar Modi, who previously wrote the 2013 horror film Breaking at the Edge and the 2015 sci-fi film Z for Zachariah.

The story of Reckoner centers on an affluent woman whose carefully constructed life is disrupted by a young man connected to a tightly-held secret from her past. I’m not familiar with the source material, but the story sounds interesting to me, and Christina Hendricks is always a good addition to a cast.

The film is being produced by XYZ Films and Two & Two Pictures, with XYZ Films providing the financing. The company will be presenting the project to potential distributors at the Cannes Film Festival, and Deadline notes that...

The star of The Strangers: Prey at Night, Christina Hendricks has been set to lead the cast of Reckoner, Deadline reports today. The upcoming film is described as a psychological thriller.

Nissar Modi (Z for Zachariah) is writing and directing Reckoner.

“The plot will follow an affluent woman whose carefully constructed life is disrupted by a young man connected to a tightly-held secret from her past.”

The film is based on a short story written by Rachel Ingalls.

XYZ Films and Two & Two Pictures are producing.

“I’m delighted to be working with the immensely talented Christina Hendricks on this haunting tale of guilt, obsession and revenge,” Modi said. “It’s a film I’ve been envisioning for many years ever since I read Rachel Ingalls’ remarkable short story, and am excited to finally bring it to life thanks to the ever-supportive teams at XYZ Films and Two and Two.

Christina Hendricks will lead the psychological thriller “Reckoner,” which will be sold at the Cannes Film Festival this month.

The project is written and directed by Nissar Modi (“Z for Zacharian”), who will be making his big screen directorial debut.

In the film, an affluent woman’s carefully constructed life is disrupted by a young man connected to a tightly-held secret from her past.

The film is based on a short story by late writer Rachel Ingalls and will be produced by XYZ Films and Two & Two Pictures, with XYZ Films financing. XYZ Films has also added “Reckoner” to its New Visions slate of films, with world sales launching in Cannes.

The recently launched New Visions is designed to spotlight new voices alongside established talent that are striking a new path in the international space. “Reckoner” will be the first package in pre-production to run through the new slate.

Christina Hendricks has signed on to lead the psychological thriller Reckoner, written and directed by Nissar Modi (Z for Zachariah) in his feature directorial debut.

The pic is based on a short story by American author Rachel Ingalls and will be produced by XYZ Films and Two & Two Pictures, with XYZ financing. XYZ Films has also added the thriller to its freshly launched, internationally focused ‘New Visions’ slate, with world sales launching at Cannes.

The plot will follow an affluent woman whose carefully constructed life is disrupted by a young man connected to a tightly-held secret from her past.

Reckoner falls under Two & Two and XYZ’s production pact to produce films from first and second-time genre filmmakers from underrepresented demographics. The two companies previously collaborated on Babak Anvari’s pics Under The Shadow, I Came By, and the upcoming History Of Evil, written and directed by Bo Mirhosseni.

Mad Man star Christina Hendricks is attached to play the lead in Reckoner, an upcoming psychological thriller based on a short story by the late Rachel Ingalls.

Screenwriter Nissar Modi (Z for Zachariah) will adapt the Ingalls story and step behind the camera for his directorial debut. XYZ Films and Two & Two Pictures are producing, with XYZ preselling the project to buyers at the Cannes Film Market later this month. Reckoner will be released under XYZ’s New Visions label, a recently launched state of elevated genre films from new and up-and-coming filmmakers.

Hendricks, whose indie film credits include Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa, and Drive and The Neon Demon from Nicolas Winding Refn, will play an affluent woman whose carefully constructed life is threatened by a young man with a connection to a tightly held secret from her past. Modi called it a “haunting tale of guilt,...

Psychological thriller joins In Flames, The Seeding, Restore Point, All You Need Is Death on slate of

Christina Hendricks has been cast in the lead on the psychological thriller Reckoner, which becomes the first package to join XYZ Films’ New Visions Cannes initiative championing bold global voices.

Nissar Modi, the writer on writer of Z For Zachariah, will make his feature directorial debut based on his screenplay about an affluent woman whose carefully constructed life is disrupted by a young man connected to a secret from her past.

The film is based on a short story by Rachel Ingalls and...

First time director Ryan Redford's Oliver Sherman starts with a veteran named Sherman Oliver (the film's title is derived from a bureaucratic screwup that Sherman relays anecdotally later on), arriving in an unnamed small town in an unnamed state by bus. Sherman (Garret Dillahunt) bears the scar of the war (which one is never stated), both literally and figuratively. He bears a nasty scar atop his skull from where he got shot in the war, and he's never truly recovered. He speaks slowly, and appears to be somewhat dim and unsure. Sherman eventually arrives unannounced and unexpected at the home of Franklin (Donal Logue), the man who ended up saving his life, and without too much ado, ends up staying with him and his wife Irene (Molly Parker) and their young son.

From there, we begin to see that the war has affected these two men in very different ways.

Canadian distributor Mongrel Media has finally released online the trailer of the upcoming film Oliver Sherman.

This film directed by Ryan Redford is based on the short story Veterans, by Rachel Ingalls.

The story is about Oliver Sherman (Garret Dillahunt), a war veteran. Because he's alone, Oliver sets out to find the man who saved him during the war. That former fellow soldier, Franklin Page (Donal Logue), lives in a small town, has a reliable job and a wife (Molly Parker). As Oliver becomes more and more part of Franklin's life, tension arises. In Franklin's opinion, Oliver seems to be a violent man who threatens his stability.

The film also stars Fiona Highet, Duane Murray, Kaelan Meunier and Marla J. Hayes.

Toronto is awash in talent for this year's installment of Tiff - Bill Murray hanging out by the Diet Coke sample stand, Bruce Springsteen interviewed by Ed Norton, and of course Ryan Redford.  Did I mean Robert Redford? Well, he's here too, but Ryan Redford's first feature, Oliver Sherman, is foremost on my mind. 

Seven years after being shot in the head on the battlefield, Sherman Oliver (Garret Dillahunt, Deadwood) is still trying to pull his life back together.   When he shows up unannounced and unexpected at the small town home of Franklin (Donal Logue) the soldier who saved his life, he is taken into the peace-time life Franklin shares with his wife, Irene (Molly Parker) and their two young children.  Though Sherman is clearly not "right in the head" Franklin feels bound by compassion and duty to try and do well by his fellow vet.

Adapted by Redford...