Woody Harrelson To Play Lead In Psychological Thriller 'The Man With The Miraculous Hands'

Hollywood star Woody Harrelson is set to play the lead role in the upcoming World War II psychological thriller "The Man With The Miraculous Hands".

The movie, which hails from Jerico Films, a division of the Vendome Group production banner, is an adaptation of author Joseph Kessel's novel of the same title, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film will be written and directed by Oren Moverman who previously worked with Harrelson for two movies "The Messenger" and "Rampart". 

Harrelson will be seen as Felix Kersten, a Finnish-born medical professional who was reluctantly pulled into the Third Reich's corridors of power as Heinrich Himmler's personal physician and prisoner.

The film depicts Kersten’s remarkable true story as the physician whose therapies helped to relieve Himmler’s debilitating abdominal pain, thereby giving him extraordinary influence over one of the main architects of the Holocaust.

With clever manipulations, and a flair for dangerous negotiation with his monstrous patient, Kersten was able to ultimately save thousands of lives from the concentration camps and outlive his captor.

"The Man With The Miraculous Hands" will be produced by Eric Jehelmann and Philippe Rousselet with Fabrice Gianfermi and Jeremy Plager serving as executive producers.

Harrelson will next star in anti-hero movie "Venom: Let There Be Carnage", which is scheduled to release in September this year.

(With inputs from PTI)