Draft:Train Dreams (film)

Train Dreams
Train Dreams
Directed by	Clint Bentley
Screenplay by	Greg Kwedar
Based on	Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
Produced by	Marissa McMahon; Ashley Schlaifer; Will Janowitz; Teddy Schwarzman; Michael Heimler;
Starring	Felicity Jones; Joel Edgerton;
Production; companies	Black Bear; Kamala Films;
Country	United States
Language	English

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Train Dreams is an upcoming film by Clint Bentley from Black Bear and starring Felicity Jones and Joel Edgerton. It is an adaptation by Greg Kwedar of the 2021 novella of the same name by Denis Johnson.

Premise[edit]

A logger (Egerton) works to develop the railroad across the United States causing him to spend vast times away from his wife (Jones) and daughter, and is struggling with his place in a changing world.^[1]

Cast[edit]

Felicity Jones
Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier

Production[edit]

In February 2024, the film was reported to be produced by Black Bear as an adaptation of the Denis Johnson 2021 novella Train Dreams by Greg Kwedar, and directed by Clint Bentley and starring Felicity Jones and Joel Edgerton. Producers include Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer for Kamala Films, and Will Janowitz, and Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler for Black Bear.^[2]

Principal photography due to start in Washington State in spring 2024.^[3]