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Jeremy Renner & Josh Brolin Set For Orlando von Einsiedel’s ‘A Speck In The Sea’; 193 Launching Sales At AFM
Jeremy Renner and Josh Brolin will star in *A Speck in the Sea*, a survival thriller based on a 2013 incident in the Atlantic. The film matters as a new project pairing two Oscar-nominated actors with director Orlando von Einsiedel, and international sales are launching at the American Film Market.
Brolin will play Montauk lobster fisherman Johnny Aldridge, who fell from his boat at night while his fishing partner Anthony Sosinski, played by Renner, slept below deck. Sosinski organised a multi-state search after discovering Aldridge was missing, while Aldridge tried to survive alone at sea. Jeff Pope wrote the screenplay; Mark Bauch and Jonathan Eirich are producing, and CAA Media Finance and WME Independent are jointly handling North American rights.
In short
- Jeremy Renner and Josh Brolin will lead a true-story survival thriller.
- The film follows a fisherman lost at sea in 2013.
- International sales begin at the American Film Market.
Explained simply
Montauk, on the eastern tip of Long Island in New York, is a fishing community where crews often work at night and far from shore. In 2013, lobster fisherman Johnny Aldridge fell overboard while his boat was in the Atlantic; his partner, Anthony Sosinski, was asleep below deck and later found him missing.
Sosinski helped organise a search across several states as Aldridge tried to stay alive at sea. The film is based on their ordeal, with Josh Brolin playing Aldridge and Jeremy Renner playing Sosinski.