Edward Berger: Brad Pitt’s The Riders Is Already Shot — SkimNews
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- The Riders has already been shot, with Edward Berger describing it as a “singular perspective story told through the eyes of Brad Pitt.”
- Edward Berger described the Tim Winton adaptation as a 1980s story about a man renovating a cottage in Ireland while waiting for his wife and daughter; only the daughter arrives, and they travel through Greece, Brussels and Amsterdam looking for the wife.
- A24 financed and will distribute the film; David Kajganich wrote the screenplay, and Scott Free, Nine Hours, Plan B and Kajganich are among its producers.
- The Riders includes Julianne Nicholson, Danny Huston, Camille Cottin, Michael Smiley and Lara Pulver, with seven-year-old Coco Greenstone playing Brad Pitt’s on-screen daughter.
- Jack supplies the production parallel: Berger said 12-year-old Ivo Pietzcker needed tutoring and preparation, while a city exemption allowed six-hour shoots instead of the usual five; he said The Riders presented “the same thing.”
Why it matters: A24’s position is now concrete: Berger confirmed that the Brad Pitt vehicle’s shoot is complete and that A24 will distribute it. His parallel with Jack also exposes a production constraint—seven-year-old Coco Greenstone faced a six-hour daily limit, a schedule he called “really stressful.”
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