July 13th, 2010.

And the amazing thing is, you’ve already finished your next film. Right?

Lance Daly: Yeah. (Laughs) I finished a film called The Good Doctor. We finished shooting it in March. We’ll finish all of the editing, and sound and music, in September. Hopefully it will come out in the States early next year. But it is an American film. We shot it in Los Angeles. Orlando Bloom is the lead. He is from England, but we had a great American cast. This was a really great ensemble, and it was interesting to work with an American crew for the first time. I’m sure that will be out here sometime next year. It’s a suspense thriller.

Did you continue this idea of mixing fantasy with reality in the film?

Lance Daly: Actually, yes. A little bit. Its about an eccentric young doctor who lives in his own world half the time. He lives in his own head. There is a fantasy element. I like to think that it has my finger prints on it. It feels like the same voice. Lets see, after it’s finished, if that voice is still there.

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Sure enough new proposals flooded in with stars attached to them. But the one that most caught Daly’s attention was The Good Doctor, an Alfred Hitchcock-like thriller about a frustrated doctor who’s desperately eager to impress his colleagues.

When a young female patient gives him all the praise and attention he’s been craving, Orlando Bloom’s unscrupulous doctor messes around with her treatment so she has to spend more time in the hospital with him. It’s a shocking premise, and the word is that Bloom is sensational in the role.

Adds Daly, “Each day Bloom’s doctor keeps the girl just sick enough to leave her in his care. They form a close bond, but events spiral out of control. Soon he has no choice but to cover his tracks by any means necessary…” That’s the kind of high stakes set up Daly excels at.

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Plot: A young doctor called Martin Ploeck (played by Orlando Bloom), who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane (played by Riley Keough),and gets a much-needed boost of self-esteem. Diane is suffering from a kidney infection. However, when her health starts improving, Martin fears losing her, so he begins tampering with her treatment. This is keeping Diane sick and in the hospital right next to him. They form a close bond, but events spiral out of control until one day he takes it too far and Diane dies. Devastated and paranoid, he seemingly gets away with it, only to become caught in the blackmailing web of a spying intern with an addiction for prescription pills. Backed into a corner, “the Good Doctor” has no choice but to cover his tracks by any means necessary.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Company: Viddywell Productions

Director: Lance Daly

Writer: John Enborn

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast:

Orlando Bloom … Dr. Martin Ploeck
Riley Keough … Diane Nixon
Taraji P. Henson … Nurse Theresa
Rob Morrow … Dr. Waylans
Michael Peña … Jimmy
Troy Garity … Dan
Molly Price … Mrs. Dixon
Wade Williams … Mr. Dixon
Sorel Carradine … Valerie
Gary Cervantes … Mr. Sanchez
Monique Gabriela Curnen … Nurse Maryanne
Jean St. James … Nurse Carol

Status: Post-production

On March 7 2010, Riley completed production on the movie.
The movie is slated to be released in late 2010.

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