Watts will also executive produce the project which will be introduced at Cannes.
UK-based sales company HanWay Films has acquired rights to Claire McCarthy’s feature Burning Season, with Naomi Watts (The Impossible) and Sophia Lillis (It) cast in lead roles in the Madagascar-set film.
Adapted for screen by Jenny Halper, the film is based on Laura Van Den Berg’s short story What The World Will Look Like When All The Water Leaves Us, and tells the story of primatologist June Engle (Watts) and her teenage daughter Celia (Lillis) as they journey into a drought-stricken region of Madagascar in search of endangered species.
UK-based sales company HanWay Films has acquired rights to Claire McCarthy’s feature Burning Season, with Naomi Watts (The Impossible) and Sophia Lillis (It) cast in lead roles in the Madagascar-set film.
Adapted for screen by Jenny Halper, the film is based on Laura Van Den Berg’s short story What The World Will Look Like When All The Water Leaves Us, and tells the story of primatologist June Engle (Watts) and her teenage daughter Celia (Lillis) as they journey into a drought-stricken region of Madagascar in search of endangered species.
- 4/26/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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Naomi Watts and Sophia Lillis are set to take lead roles in writer-director Claire McCarthy's drama Burning Season.
The film will be introduced to buyers by HanWay Films, starting at the Cannes Film Festival. Watts starred in McCarthy's Ophelia and will executive produce Burning Season.
HanWay Films is also working with Watts on The Wolf Hour, a psychological thriller, from writer and director Alistair Banks, also to be launched at Cannes.
Adapted for the screen by writer-producer Jenny Halper and based on a short story by Laura Van Den Berg, Burning Season portrays a mother-daughter relationship set against...
The film will be introduced to buyers by HanWay Films, starting at the Cannes Film Festival. Watts starred in McCarthy's Ophelia and will executive produce Burning Season.
HanWay Films is also working with Watts on The Wolf Hour, a psychological thriller, from writer and director Alistair Banks, also to be launched at Cannes.
Adapted for the screen by writer-producer Jenny Halper and based on a short story by Laura Van Den Berg, Burning Season portrays a mother-daughter relationship set against...
- 4/26/2018
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Naomi Watts and “It” star Sophia Lillis, who appears in the forthcoming “Sharp Objects” and “Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase,” will head the cast of Claire McCarthy’s movie “Burning Season,” with London-based HanWay Films on board as sales agent. Watts, who recently starred in McCarthy’s “Ophelia,” will also executive produce. HanWay will introduce the project to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival.
Adapted for the screen by writer/producer Jenny Halper, based on Laura Van Den Berg’s short story “What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us,” the film sets a complicated mother-daughter relationship against the dramatic landscape of Madagascar, an island where nearly all the species are indigenous, and many are endangered.
The film centers on primatologist June Engle, played by Watts, who has returned to a drought-stricken region of Madagascar in search of endangered species. Dragged along for the adventure...
Adapted for the screen by writer/producer Jenny Halper, based on Laura Van Den Berg’s short story “What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us,” the film sets a complicated mother-daughter relationship against the dramatic landscape of Madagascar, an island where nearly all the species are indigenous, and many are endangered.
The film centers on primatologist June Engle, played by Watts, who has returned to a drought-stricken region of Madagascar in search of endangered species. Dragged along for the adventure...
- 4/26/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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Naomi Watts and It star Sophia Lillis will star in director Claire McCarthy’s next feature Burning Season. Watts, who recently starred in McCarthy’s Ophelia, will also executive produce. HanWay Films, who is working with Watts on The Wolf Hour, will introduce the project to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival.
Adapted for the screen by emerging writer-producer Jenny Halper and based on Laura Van Den Berg’s short story What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, the film pits a mother-daughter relationship drama against the landscape of Madagascar, an island prone to forest fires where nearly all the species are indigenous – and many are endangered.
The film was developed by writer-producer Jenny Halper (The Kindergarten Teacher) and Emmy award-nominated producer Kate Sharp (The Hallow) through Sharp’s newly launched company Daughter Films. The script was featured on the 2016 Black List and the 2015 Athena List.
Adapted for the screen by emerging writer-producer Jenny Halper and based on Laura Van Den Berg’s short story What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, the film pits a mother-daughter relationship drama against the landscape of Madagascar, an island prone to forest fires where nearly all the species are indigenous – and many are endangered.
The film was developed by writer-producer Jenny Halper (The Kindergarten Teacher) and Emmy award-nominated producer Kate Sharp (The Hallow) through Sharp’s newly launched company Daughter Films. The script was featured on the 2016 Black List and the 2015 Athena List.
- 4/26/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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Naomi Watts and Sophia Lillis are set to take lead roles in writer-director Claire McCarthy's drama <em>Burning Season.</em>
The film will be introduced to buyers by HanWay Films, starting at the Cannes Film Festival. Watts starred in McCarthy's <em>Ophelia</em> and will executive produce <em>Burning Season</em>.
HanWay Films is also working with Watts on <em>The Wolf Hour</em>, a <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/naomi-watts-star-psychological-thriller-wolf-hour-1050673" target="_blank">psychological thriller</a>, from writer and director Alistair Banks, also to be launched at Cannes.
Adapted for the screen by writer-producer Jenny Halper and based on a short story by Laura Van Den Berg, <em>Burning Season</em> portrays a mother-daughter relationship set against the landscape of Madagascar, where ...
The film will be introduced to buyers by HanWay Films, starting at the Cannes Film Festival. Watts starred in McCarthy's <em>Ophelia</em> and will executive produce <em>Burning Season</em>.
HanWay Films is also working with Watts on <em>The Wolf Hour</em>, a <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/naomi-watts-star-psychological-thriller-wolf-hour-1050673" target="_blank">psychological thriller</a>, from writer and director Alistair Banks, also to be launched at Cannes.
Adapted for the screen by writer-producer Jenny Halper and based on a short story by Laura Van Den Berg, <em>Burning Season</em> portrays a mother-daughter relationship set against the landscape of Madagascar, where ...
- 4/26/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Eaglehawk director, Shannon Murphy.
Dollhouse Pictures will screen Eaglehawk with Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Ryan Corr and Wayne Blair and Sydney Film Festival on June 18-19.
It will screen in competition at Sydney Film Festival in the 2016 Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films..
Helmed by Shannon Murphy, the debut featurette stars Tilda Cobham-Hervey, (52 Tuesday.s , The Kettering Incident) , Ryan Corr (Holding The Man, Wanted) , .and Wayne Blair (The Sapphires, Cleverman) ..
Rounding out the female lead creative team are Marisa Nather (screenwriter), Jessica Carrera (producer), Nicole Coventry (co-producer), Alice Babidge (production and set design) and Megan Washington (composer)..
Eaglehawk is set in a remote forest, where aspiring actress, Eve (Cobham-Hervey) impersonates Australia.s own Bigfoot — the Yowie..
Employed by Yowie expert Frank (Wayne Blair), Eve spends her days ambushing thrill seekers and giving hope to the believers..
She immerses herself in the world of her character, determined to pursue her craft..
As her obsession with her disguise deepens,...
Dollhouse Pictures will screen Eaglehawk with Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Ryan Corr and Wayne Blair and Sydney Film Festival on June 18-19.
It will screen in competition at Sydney Film Festival in the 2016 Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films..
Helmed by Shannon Murphy, the debut featurette stars Tilda Cobham-Hervey, (52 Tuesday.s , The Kettering Incident) , Ryan Corr (Holding The Man, Wanted) , .and Wayne Blair (The Sapphires, Cleverman) ..
Rounding out the female lead creative team are Marisa Nather (screenwriter), Jessica Carrera (producer), Nicole Coventry (co-producer), Alice Babidge (production and set design) and Megan Washington (composer)..
Eaglehawk is set in a remote forest, where aspiring actress, Eve (Cobham-Hervey) impersonates Australia.s own Bigfoot — the Yowie..
Employed by Yowie expert Frank (Wayne Blair), Eve spends her days ambushing thrill seekers and giving hope to the believers..
She immerses herself in the world of her character, determined to pursue her craft..
As her obsession with her disguise deepens,...
- 5/11/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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