Colin Firth is going to be dealing with memory loss, as Variety reports that he’s teaming up with fellow Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman for the movie Before I Go To Sleep, which will be directed by Rowan Joffe (Brighton Rock).
The premise is rather 50 First Dates turned into a thriller, following a woman with amnesia who wakes up each day and must re-start her memories by finding out who she is from a journal that she keeps. However ‘As terrifying new truths emerge she is forced to question everyone around her.’
Firth will play Kidman’s husband in the film. The premise sounds as if he might be lying to her and creating a world in her journals that isn’t really true, but we’ll have to wait for the movie to see whether he really is in on it.
Mark Strong and Anne-Marie Duff will also star, although there’s no word on their characters. Shooting kicks off at the end of the month in London.