Warner Bros. has acquired UK rights from IM Global at the EFM to Maven Pictures’ upcoming genre film Wildling, says ScreenDaily.
Rising UK talent Bel Powley stars opposite The Strangers‘s Liv Tyler in Wildling, which is currently in post.
“The film centres on a girl who spends her whole childhood in a room under the care of a mysterious figure known only as Daddy.
The custodian raises the girl to fear the outside world with stories of a beast that prowls beyond the four walls. When she is freed at the age of 16, the youngster’s biggest challenge begins. ”
Germany’s Fritz Böhm makes his feature directorial debut.
IM Global showed footage in Berlin where buyers have responded strongly, explains the site who adds that the UK deal demonstrates the appeal of the cast, not to mention a storyline that bears similarities to that of Room starring Academy Award frontrunner Brie Larson.
In fact, this sounds more like Room mixed with ideas from M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village.
