Plot:

The film is named for its setting, tiny Peacock, Nebraska where a shy bank clerk's life is shattered by a train crashing into his backyard, revealing a woman living there whom no one ever knew existed. A down-and-out Wisconsin girl from the bank clerk's past holds the key to the secret woman.

Information by Mandate Pictures:

Golden-Globe nominated actor Cillian Murphy and Academy Award®-nominated actress Ellen Page will star in the psychological thriller Peacock for Mandate Pictures. The movie is named after tiny Peacock, Nebraska where Murphy’s character, a split personality, fools the town into believing his two “alters” are man and wife. Page plays a struggling young mother who holds the key to his past and sparks a battle between the personalities. Barry Mendel will produce the film. Michael Lander will direct from a script he co-wrote with Ryan Roy, who will co-produce. Mandate Pictures' head of production Nicole Brown will executive produce along with Nathan Kahane. “We are so excited to be working with this talented group of artists and this incredibly original project,” stated Kahane who most recently worked with Page on Juno. "Peacock stunned me as a script from start to finish. It offers an incredible challenge to an actor -- one I couldn't turn down." said Murphy. Page added, "This is one of the boldest screenplays I've come across in my albeit short career, it's a character and story I can throw myself into and exactly the type of movie I love to be a part of." “I’ve been blessed in my career to work with some very talented writers and directors on some wonderful projects,” says Barry Mendel. “I’m knocking wood as I speak, but I believe when all is said and done, Michael Lander, Ryan Roy and Peacock will stand proudly among the better of them.” Director, co-writer Lander added, "I’m grateful for the support of so many talented people on my first film. I hope I can repay everyone's faith, it's been tremendous." Murphy, star of Batman Begins, The Wind that Shakes the Barley and Breakfast on Pluto, will next be seen in The Edge of Love with Keira Knightley and Universal/Working Title's Hippie Hippie Shake with Sienna Miller. He is repped by UTA, Lou Coulson Agency, The Lisa Richards Agency and David Weber at Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.

Ellen Page can currently be seen in Jason Reitman’s critically acclaimed, Oscar nominated film Juno, for which she has received numerous accolades including an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Page made an impact on movie audiences with her starring role in the 2005 Lionsgate drama Hard Candy, for which she received widespread critical praise. Page will next star in Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell and will move from Peacock into the starring role in Drew Barrymore’s upcoming directorial debut film, Whip It. She is repped by WMA and Kish Iqbal at Gary Goddard Agency. Barry Mendel is a two-time Oscar-nominated producer responsible for bringing some of the brightest young directors to the forefront, including Wes Anderson (he produced Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou), Night Shyamalan (he produced The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and recently reteamed with Shyamalan for 20th Century Fox’s The Happening starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel and John Leguizamo) as well as Joss Whedon (Serenity). Most recently Mendel produced Best Picture nominee Munich directed by Steven Spielberg. His upcoming projects include Shanghai which Mikael Hafstrom is directing starring John Cusack, Gong Li, Ken Watanabe and Chow Yun Fat for The Weinstein Company and Whip It for Mandate. This is the first film from the Lander/Roy team, who is now also writing Kite, a thriller about the prison industrial complex for Warner Bros. and Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company, Appian Way. Endeavor Independent and UTA Independent were instrumental in brokering the deals.