Beta Cinema starts the first significant pre-sale for the future. Emmy winner Jessica Hobbs (Crown), who adapted the novel by Benjamin Myers for the screen, will helm a historical drama starring Helena Bonham Carter.
The independent distributors Curzon, CineArt, and Madman bought all of the film’s rights in the UK/Ireland, Benelux, and Australia/New Zealand in an uncommon move. At the European Film Market in Berlin in February, Beta Cinema, which has the project up for sale worldwide, presented it to potential investors. Beta stated that it would shortly be announcing more significant regional deals.
Carter will play Dulcie Piper, a hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, bohemian hermit who forms an odd friendship with 16-year-old Robert, the quiet, nature-loving son of a miner who is the first to experience the world. The story takes place in North East England immediately after World War II. Before he throws his father into the pit, he is determined to see something. Robert’s life is introduced to the transformative beauty of food, girls, and poetry while under the Piper’s protection in her picture-perfect cottage and garden by the sea. Yet Piper has been hiding a tragic secret from everyone. Robert feels driven to convince her to let go of her guard and re-engage with the world after discovering the truth.
the offing provides a new viewpoint on post-World War II England, avoids sentimentality, and introduces us to two distinct characters who discover beauty and significance in a world plagued by years of violence. In a statement, Curzon, Sineart, and Madman said. Attempting to make. Helena Bonham Carter’s ideal role, Dulce Piper, wonderfully showcases her prodigious talent.
Myers’ work is being adapted for the big screen by Amy Roberts (the Winter King, Call the Midwife). In some episodes, Hobbs served as Carter’s director. The season four conclusion of Crown, which earned Hobbs an Emmy for Best Directing for a Drama Series, is one example. He is at the moment working on the HBO limited series Palace.
With their Catalyst Global Media banner, Charlotte Walls and Emily Bartelot are producing the forthcoming film. Beta Cinema helped him with the project’s development. Later this year, production is slated to start.
Thorsten Ritter and Tassilo Hallbauer of BET Cinema, as well as Louisa Dent, Mark Schmitt, and Paul Wiegaard on behalf of Curzon, Cineart, and Madman, brokered the agreement.
Conway Van Gelder Grant is Bonham Carter’s agent. Caserotto Ramsay & Associates and CAA both represent Hobbs.