EXCLUSIVE: Following successful runs at the Royal Opera House in London and the LA Phil, the buzzy English-language opera Last Days has been adapted for the big screen by artist and filmmaker Matt Copson , who co-created the original opera with Oliver Leith.

Inspired by Gus Van Sant’s 2005 film of the same name and financed by Mubi, Spain’s AF Films, and LUMA, with additional support from Nina Pictures and Artemis Rising Foundation, the film is currently in production in Spain.

Copson will direct the screen adaptation, with Agathe Rousselle ( Titane ) signed on to star. Rousselle also starred in the original opera production. Last Days is produced by AF and Many Enterprises and Riccardo Maddalosso, in collaboration with Mubi and Joslyn Barnes’ Louverture Films ( Nickel Boys

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