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Jeff Bridges, Dave Bautista, Bryan Cranston, Sam Elliott & More Set For Live-Action ‘Grendel’ Movie


Jeff Bridges, Dave Bautista, Bryan Cranston, Sam Elliott and more are set to star in a live-action 'Grendel' movie from The Jim Henson Company.

Jeff Bridges( Crazy Heart) will play the title role in Grendel, a live-action monster flick from The Jim Henson Company, for which Palisades Park Pictures is launching international sales ahead of Cannes. Directed by Robert D. Krzykowski ( The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot), the film’s ensemble also includes Dave Bautista( Dune: Part Two) as Beowulf, Bryan Cranston( Breaking Bad) as King Hrothgar, Sam Elliott( A Star is Born) as The Dragon, Thomasin McKenzie ( Last Night in Soho) as Queen Wealhtheow, and Aidan Turner ( The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) as Unferth. Exec producers include Bridges, John Sayles ( Lone Star, Eight Men Out), Tamara Birkemoe, and Joe Jenckes of Ashland Hill Media Finance.

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