Heartfelt tributes have been paid to a "loving and devoted family man" who died after he was found on a street with a head injury.
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Caroline Brew editor Black Bear has launched international sales on “Wicker,” a twisted romance starring Oscar winner Olivia Colman and Oscar nominee Dev Patel. Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson will direct from a script they adapted from Ursula Wills-Jones’ short story “The Wicker Husband.” “Wicker” will start production in 2024.
Per the logline, “On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman (Colman); smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbors, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker (Patel).
In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos.” Topic Studios and Tango will finance and produce the film with Colman, Ed Sinclair and Tom Carver from South of The River, David Michôd and Brad Zimmerman for Yoki, Inc. and Justin Lothrop and Brent Stiefel for Votiv, who originated and financed development.
Colman received an Oscar for starring in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite.” She is also known for her work in “The Lost Daughter,” “The Father” and “Tyrannosaur,” as well as television projects “Heartstopper,” “Landscapers,” “The Crown,” “Fleabag,” “The Night Manager” and “Broadchurch.” Her upcoming projects include Paul King’s “Wonka,” Thea Sharrock’s “Wicked Little Letters” and Dougal Wilson’s “Paddington in Peru.” Patel’s breakout role was in the Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire.” He has since gone on to star in the “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” films, “The Green Night,” “The Personal History of David Copperfield” and “Lion,” which he received an Oscar nomination for. He was recently in Wes Anderson’s Netflix shorts “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” and “Poison.” Patel will next
.Heartfelt tributes have been paid to a "loving and devoted family man" who died after he was found on a street with a head injury.
The family of a dad who was killed in Oldham have paid tribute to a ‘loving and devoted family man’.
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How’s this for an unconventional romance? Deadline reports that Olivia Coman and Dev Patel will star together in “Wicker,” which Black Bear will have on sale at next week’s AFM. And the film may be Colman’s most challenging performance yet; read on for the film’s synopsis to find out why.