Rupert Wyatt Directing WWI Drama Bird Song

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Embankment has recently added Rupert Wyatt’s adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ acclaimed First World War novel Birdsong to its slate. Wyatt, who directed Rise of the Planet of the Apes and The Escapist, has written the script and will direct with Parallel’s Alan Moloney on board to produce.
Faulks’ novel centres on a young English soldier, exploring his relationship with a married French woman and his experiences fighting on the frontline.
The book has garnered interest from a number of big industry names since its publication but a film version has yet to go into production. The BBC TV adaptation of the novel, starring Eddie Redmayne (Les Miserables), garnered six BAFTA nominations last year after drawing more than 7 million viewers on BBC One.

http://www.screendaily.com/news/emb...rm-gillian-anderson-on-sci-fi/5051228.article

Nicholas Hoult To Star

"Warm Bodies" star Nicholas Hoult has signed on to Rupert Wyatt's WWI romancer "Birdsong." The film will be produced by "Albert Nobbs" producer Alan Moloney and Wyatt. Lensing will take place in Belgium and the U.K.
Embankment Films represents worldwide sales starting this week at the European Film Market in Berlin.
Hoult will portray 21-year old officer old Stephen Wraysford who falls in love with a beautiful older married woman. Wyatt has adapted the screenplay from Sebastian Faulks' novel.
"Nicholas Hoult is the holy grail in my search for Stephen," Wyatt said.
"Warm Bodies" has generated some heat at the U.S. box office, topping the Feb. 1-3 frame with $20 million. He'll be seen next in "Jack The Giant Slayer," followed by "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "X Men: Days of Future Past."
Hoult has also been cast along with Michael Shannon, Elle Fanning and Kodi Smit-McPhee in futuristic thriller "Young Ones," written and directed by Jake Paltrow. Principal photography began Feb. 1 in South Africa's Northern Cape desert.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118065960/

 

[Gianakin_]

Nice. I'm in.

 

[Octoberist]

Impressive.