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Produced by Bruce DaveyJayson de RosnerMel GibsonMacdara KelleherPeter McAleese Screenplay by John BoormanTodd KomarnickiFarhad SafiniaSimon Winchester Starring Mel GibsonSean PennJeremy IrvineNatalie DormerSteve Coogan Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Professor and the Madman is an upcoming American-Irish drama film, based on the book The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester.
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Plot
The film is about a professor who in 1857 began compiling the OED and led the overseeing committee and a doctor who submitted over 10,000 entries when he was a convict at an asylum for the criminally insane.
Cast
Production
Mel Gibson worked on adapting the novel The Surgeon of Crowthorne for over 20 years before production began to develop in 2016. Gibson, who originally intended to direct, hired his Apocalypto co-screenwriter Farhad Safinia to replace him, while he remained in the role of James Murray. Sean Penn entered early talks to join the film as William Chester Minor in August 2016. In August, Natalie Dormer signed on for a role. In September, Ioan Gruffudd joined the cast.
Filming commenced in Dublin in September 2016. Set photos from November revealed Steve Coogan, Laurence Fox and Jennifer Ehle as part of the cast.