Daisy Ridley and Shazad Latif will star in the thriller Magpie which The Veterans and CAA Media Finance will introduce to Cannes buyers next week.
Matilda Lutz is also cast in the sexy noir based on an original idea from Ridley. Sam Yates, the Screen Star Of Tomorrow 2016 whose theatre directing credits include The Starry Messenger and Glengarry Glen Ross, will make his feature directorial debut from a screenplay by Tom Bateman.
Magpie follows a couple whose lives are thrown into disarray when their daughter is cast opposite a controversial major star. Ridley’s credits include Star Wars Episode VIII and IX and The Marsh King’s Daughter, while Latif has starred in Star Trek: Discovery, Profile, and the upcoming Disney+ series Nautilus.
Production is anticipated for an early 2023 shoot in London. Ridley and Bateman of Werewolf Films are producing alongside Kate Solomon and her 55 Films (United 93, Green Zone, Legend). The Veterans will handle international sales and CAA Media Finance represents the US.
“Our aim with Magpie is to make a Hitchcockian thriller that will take audiences on a genuine ride – fast paced and beautiful to look at with a tension that will build from the start and keep everyone guessing to the very end,” the producers said.
“I immediately connected with Tom Bateman’s ingenious, intoxicating script. I’m excited to take audiences on a wild, surprising thrill ride with our stellar cast led by the incomparable Daisy Ridley,” added Yates.
Ridley is represented by CAA and Sloane, Offer, Weber, Dern; Latif is represented by ICM Partners, Lou Coulson Associates, Principal Entertainment, and Felker Toczek; Lutz is represented by Independent Talent; Bateman is represented by CAA, United Agents, and Felker Toczek; and Yates is represented by CAA and Untitled Entertainment.
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