Josh Gad To Star In ‘Gerron’s Last Film’ Directed By Simon Curtis

Josh Gad to Star in Holocaust Biopic From ‘Woman in Gold’ Director Simon Curtis

Simon Curtis will director Gad as Kurt Gerron, a Jewish director forced to make a Nazi propaganda film whitewashing the horrors of the Holocaust.

Josh Gad To Star In ‘Gerron’s Last Film’ Directed By Simon Curtis

Josh Gad (Murder on the Orient Express) has signed on to star in Gerron’s Last Film, directed by Simon Curtis (Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale).  CAA Media Finance and WME Independent are repping domestic rights, while Rocket Science will handle international sales. They will launch the project at the European Film Market.  The film will […]

Josh Gad to Lead Simon Curtis’ ‘Gerron’s Last Film,’ Inspired by Jewish Actor and Director Forced to Make Propaganda Movie for Nazis

Grammy winner and Tony nominee Josh Gad (“Murder on the Orient Express,” “Frozen”) is set to star in “Gerron’s Last Film” for BAFTA and Emmy nominated director Simon Curtis (“Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” “Woman in Gold”) and inspired by the true story of Kurt Gerron. CAA Media Finance and WME independent represent domestic rights […]

Josh Gad to Play Actor Kurt Gerron in GERRON'S LAST FILM Biopic

Josh Gad is set to star in Gerron's Last Film, a forthcoming movie based on the true story of Jewish actor and director Kurt Gerron, Deadline reports. Simon Curtis (Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale) is directing from a screenplay by Ehud Lavski and Alon Gur Arye. Gad will play the famed actor, who served as the original performer of the song Mack the Knife during the 1928 premiere of Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera in Berlin. When Hitler ca…