Actor Gillian Anderson can be toplining Lionsgate’s upcoming drama White Bird: A Wonder Story.
Based on a graphic novel of the identical identify by RJ Palacio, the film will function a artistic companion to the studio’s 2017 hit Wonder, that includes Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson.
The story is a few younger Jewish woman hidden away by a boy and his household in Nazi-occupied France throughout World War II, reported Deadline.
Anderson, 52, will essay the position of Vivienne, the lady who alongside along with her household should make unimaginable decisions.
Filmmaker Marc Foster, identified for motion pictures resembling World War Z, Quantum of Solace, The Kite Runner and Stranger Than Fiction, will direct from a screenplay by Mark Bomback.
The undertaking, which can start manufacturing within the Czech Republic later this month, can be produced by Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman alongside Palacio.
Anderson most just lately obtained Golden Globe and SAG nominations for her efficiency as former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in hit Netflix sequence The Crown.