Horse Latitudes

***Horse Latitudes***, originally titled ***The Last Photograph***, is an upcoming film about two men who are inspired to travel to South America by a photograph. It will be relatively low budget and shot on location in South America. The project is an original concept of Zack Snyder's and so would join *Sucker Punch*, *Snow Steam Iron*, *Army of the Dead*, *Twilight of the Gods*, and *Rebel Moon* as original The Stone Quarry intellectual property.

## Synopsis

Inspired by a photograph, two men travel to South America to find out who killed a diplomat and his family.

## Production

### Development

Zack Snyder originally started developing *The Last Photograph* in 2007 as a low-budget passion project. In 2011 *Deadline* reported that Kurt Johnstad would be writing the script based on Snyder's story, while Niels Arden Oplev would direct. Sean Penn was circling a starring role and Christian Bale was set to play the protagonist. Bale would have played a war journalist in Afghanistan who witnessed an attack on a group of Americans. Penn's character would have been a retired special forces agent who arrived at the scene of the attack to rescue a family member. Penn and Bale's characters would have joined forces, with Bale providing information on the attackers to Penn in exchange for the chance to write the story. At the time, Zack and Deborah Snyder from Cruel & Unusual Films, Inc., Gianni Nunnari from Hollywood Gang, and Joel Silver and Andrew Rona from Dark Castle would have produced the film, but Warner Bros. decided against funding the project. Dark Castle would, instead, have funded the project, with Warner Bros. distributing. It was never revealed if a deal was finalized.

Zack wrote the script himself, which was finished by mid-May of 2019.

*The Last Photograph* shifted as time went on. Snyder was going to direct the project after completing *Man of Steel*, but instead opted to remain in the world of the DC Extended Universe, directing *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* and *Justice League*, while also developing *Wonder Woman* and *Justice League* sequels and spinoffs. These pushed back his schedule significantly, and when they were over he was soon striking a deal with Netflix to develop *Army of the Dead*, which quickly developed into a multi-film and multi-series endeavor spanning multiple franchises. *The Last Photograph*, at this point now called *Horse Latitudes*, was pushed back once more when Netflix signed off on *Rebel Moon*, and since Snyder's next film after the two-part space opera is slated to be the *Army of the Dead* sequel, *Planet of the Dead*, *Horse Latitudes* seems to be getting pushed back further and further.

### Casting

Originally starring Christian Bale with Sean Penn circling as costar, this version of the project didn't ultimately pan out. Later, Billy Crudup was reportedly attached, while Corey Stoll was in talks for the second role. Stoll instead joined the cast of *Twilight of the Gods* and *Rebel Moon*, the latter of which was the film to push back *Horse Latitudes* at the time, confirming Stoll had been in talks with Snyder in one form or another.

## Crew

Zack Snyder
Director
Producer
Story by
Written by
CinematographerDeborah Snyder
ProducerKurt Johnstad
Written by
## Studios

Cruel & Unusual Films, Inc.
Production

## References

1. ↑ Mike Fleming Jr. "Sean Penn, Christian Bale Circle 'The Last Photograph' Along With Dark Castle". *Deadline*. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. Retrieved on April 12, 2011. “Sean Penn is circling The Last Photograph, and I’m told he plans to join Christian Bale in the Kurt Johnstad-scripted drama. . .”
2. ↑ Donnia Harrington. "Exclusive: An Interview with Zack Snyder". *Cinema Debate*. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved on May 20, 2019. “Snyder has also finished the script for The Last Photograph. . .”