EXCLUSIVE: Betty Gilpin (Death by Lightning) has signed on to star alongside Adam Driver and Anne Hathaway in Alone at Dawn, director Ron Howard’s Amazon MGM military drama based on the 2019 book by Dan Schilling and Lori Longfritz.
No word yet on the role Gilpin will play. Published by Grand Central Publishing, Alone at Dawn tells the true story of U.S. Air Force Combat Controller John Chapman and his fight to the death to save his fellow soldiers during the 2002 Battle of Takur Ghar in Afghanistan. Years later, an intelligence officer works to prove his valor, leading an investigation that would ultimately secure Chapman the Medal of Honor.
Being made for release in theaters, the film’s producers include Imagine Entertainment, The Hideaway Entertainment, and Thruline Entertainment, along with Kristy Grisham, William Connor, and Patrick Newall. Michael Russell Gunn (Reykjavik, The Newsroom) is exec producing, having penned the original script, with revisions by Erin Cressida Wilson (The Girl on the Train, Secretary) and Amy Herzog. The film falls under Amazon MGM’s newly renewed first-look deal with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment.
A three-time Emmy nominee, two-time SAG Award nominee, and three-time Critics Choice nominee for her breakout work on Netflix’s GLOW, Gilpin currently stars opposite Michael Shannon and Matthew Macfadyen in Netflix’s limited series Death by Lightning, chronicling the life, death and presidency of James A. Garfield. She also appears in the independent series Hal & Harper, opposite Cooper Raiff, Mark Ruffalo, and Lili Reinhart, which was acquired by Mubi following its Sundance premiere.
Gilpin made her Broadway debut earlier this year as Mary Todd Lincoln, becoming the first actor to take over the titular role in Cole Escola’s Oh Mary! at The Lyceum Theatre. After wrapping a key role opposite Matthew Rhys in Apple’s Widow’s Bay, she signed on for Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning and will next be seen co-starring with Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein in Ol Parker’s Netflix rom-com Office Romance.
Gilpin is represented by CAA, Anonymous Content, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.