There seems to be a lot of attention surrounding the latest The Fault in Our Stars saga, particularly encapsulating the lead actor, Ansel Elgort.
Elgort, who just got off a studded male lead as Augustus Waters, has signed on to play the title role in Van Cliburn a feature that is being mounted by Temple Hill partners Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen along with Crystal City Entertainment in association with The Johnson Group.
Godfrey and Bowen, who worked closely with Elgort on Our Stars, will produce with Ari Daniel Pinchot and Robert M. Johnson will be executive producer.
If you aren't familiar, Elogrt is a graduate of the lauded LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts in New York City. The film, Van Cliburn, is based on the Howard Reich book of the same name, and Elgort , according to Deadline, will play the pianist in his formative years when, at age 23 in 1958, he meteorically rose to prominence after winning the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow.
It was the first time the tournament was held and organized by the USSR, who were engaged in the nuclear arms race and completed the first successful space launch with Sputnik.
The film could be a great follow up for the budding actor, but audience reception can be fickle and his career teeters on the precipice of the film's success.
And yet, we salute you, Elgort.
If you aren't familiar, here's Elgort for The Fault in Our Stars.
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