Apparently, it’s a great time for Emily Mortimer as she has now landed a leading role opposite Michael Caine in “Harry Brown”.

Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer have signed on to star in “Harry Brown,” a British vigilante thriller from MARV Films. Lionsgate U.K. has just acquired the U.K. distribution rights on the film, which British director Daniel Barber is helming.

“Brown” centers on an elderly ex-serviceman and widower (Caine) who lives alone, within a community that has been decimated by drugs and gun crime. When his best friend is murdered, the man dispenses his own brand of justice. Gary Young wrote the script.

Mortimer plays a young police officer.

“It’s a modern urban Western that reflects the stark realities of youth crime in the 21st century both in the U.K. and internationally,” said MARV’s Kris Thykier, who is producing with Keith Bell (”The Descent”)

The film will shoot entirely on location in the U.K., and principal photography is set to begin in November.

source: The Hollywood Reporter

A few days ago Variety reported about a film that is already filming:

Production has begun on “Saint John of Las Vegas,” a drama that stars Steve Buscemi, Romany Malco, Emily Mortimer, Tim Blake Nelson, John Cho, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Peter Dinklage.

Newcomer Hue Rhodes wrote the script and makes his feature directing debut.

In a loose adaptation of Dante’s “Inferno,” Buscemi plays an ex-gambler who’s under the tutelage of a maverick insurance fraud investigator (Malco). The film is shooting in Albuquerque, N.M., and Las Vegas.

Not sure how that project fits in with Ms. Mortimer’s schedule which lists another new film ‘City Island‘. Yet seeing as filming for ‘Saint John of Las Vegas‘ is expected to continue till August 23 while Emily was called to the set of the-soon-to-be-finished ‘City Island‘ as of July 31 (source: official movie blog) - it may very well be that she will shoot her scenes as a supporting character in the Inferno adaptation after leaving ‘City Island‘.

It was reported on July 22 that Emily Mortimer together with Julianna Margulies, Alan Arkin, Andy Garcia and Steven Strait have signed up for the indie family comedy ‘City Island‘. In fact they’re all very busy filming already:

Garcia plays Vince Rizzo, a Bronx prison official who realizes that an inmate (Strait) is his secret love child. His efforts to become his guardian lead to comic complications. Margulies plays Rizzo’s wife, Arkin plays a teacher in his acting class, and Mortimer plays a fellow student he befriends.

Garcia’s daughter Dominik Garcia-Lorido plays his onscreen daughter, and Ezra Miller also stars.

Raymond De Felitta’s Medici Entertainment, Garcia’s CineSon, Lucky Monkey Pictures’ Lauren Versel and Zachary Matz will produce “City,” which began shooting this week on location in the eponymous Bronx fishing neighborhood where the story is set.

De Felitta directed “The Thing About My Folks” and the sleeper period indie “Two Family House.”

Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group packaged the project and is repping domestic sales.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

According to TV Fodder Emily Mortimer guest-starred in the TV Series ‘30 Rock‘ in the episode ‘Corporate Crush’. She played Phoebe, an employee at Christie’s, who has the odd habit of assuming nobody remembers her, pointing it out, and introducing herself repeatedly. If you live in the US you can still catch it online at the show’s official site.

[edit] As I have just found out, Emily Mortimer will continue to guest-star as Phoebe in at least the next 2 episodes: ‘Cleveland’ (April 19) and ‘Hiatus’ (April 26). The show airs on NBC at 9.00 pm.