article by: Erik Pederson
DEADLINE.com
"Olivia Crocicchia has scored a role in Alexandre Moors drama/war film 'The Yellow Birds' a Cinelou Film. Crocicchia's character story arc revolves around her playing Tess the ex-girlfriend of actor Alden Ehrenreich's character Brandon Bartle. Olivia's most notable acting credits include a guest starring role on crime/dram series 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' (2003) as Courtney Jones episode "Serendipity", a guest starring role on 'Law & Order' (2004) as Sophie Winslow episode "Married with Children', a recurring role on drama series 'Rescue Me' as Katy Gavin (2004-2011) opposite actor Dennis Leary, a guest starring role on crime series 'CSI: NY' (2011) as Kate Weber episode "Crushed", and most recently ensemble comedy/drama 'Men, Women & Children' as Hannah Clint opposite actress Rosemarie DeWitt. Other recent additions to the cast of 'The Yellow Birds' include actress Toni Collette as Amy Bartle the mother to Ehrenreich's character, and actor Jason Patric as Captain Anderson.
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| The Yellow Birds a novel by Kevin Powers |
The story follows two young soldiers 21-year old Brandon Bartle; played by Ehrenreich and 18-year old Daniel Murphy; played by actor Tye Sheirdan who navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the orders of their older commanding yet troubled Sergeant Sterling played by actor Jack Huston. All the while Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murphy's mother Maureen; played by Jennifer Aniston, before their deployment. The screenplay was written by screenwriter David Lowery based off of the award winning novel by author Kevin Powers who did have creative control throughout the writing process of the films script. Powers gave the green light to his best-selling book being adapted into film and says, "Seeing Alden Ehrenreich bring the character Brandon Bartle to life was a powerful experience." It was only recently announced that Aniston will also be serving as a producer for the film, which is due in theaters December 2016."
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