Ezra Miller set to appear in Japanese Novel adaptation of The Mourner
By Callum Gunn
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald actor Ezra Miller is set to appear in an adaptation of the Japanese Novel The Mourner.
Ezra Miller, who plays Credence Barebones in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, currently has two productions in the works. That apparently wasn’t enough for the actor as he has now been cast in The Mourner, an adaption of the Japanese Novel of the same name.
This is all on top of his Fantastic Beasts work by the way.
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Deadline made the announcement about Ezra Miller appearing in The Mourner. The movie has been tipped to be released in the summer of 2019 and will see Miller play the role of a mystical young man whose sole purpose in life is to mourn the dead of those who have nobody to mourn for them.
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The Mourner is focused on a homicide detective who is on the trail of murderous sex traffickers. While she attempts to track them down, her journey sees her find spiritual meaning in her life when she comes across Ezra Miller’s character.
Not much else is known about the movie. You can see the full report by Deadline here.
The other projects Miller is involved in other than The Mourner and Fantastic Beasts are Flashpoint and Dali Land. Flashpoint is a stand-alone movie of The Flash / Barry Allen. A role he first appeared in when starring in Justice League. Dali Land will see Miller play alongside Sir Ben Kingsley.
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