Lena Dunham to Start Production on Medieval Coming-of-Age Comedy CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY

Movie Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham Image Safe about 4 years agoby Jessica Fisher

Girls creator and star Lena Dunham is getting ready to start production on her latest project, Catherine, Called Birdy, “which will follow the adventures of a teenage girl in Medieval England as she navigates through life and tries to avoid the arranged marriages her father maps out for her.”

Dunham wrote the project and is set to direct it. The shoot is scheduled to take place this Spring in Shropshire, Wales, and Gloucester. Deadline reports, “The story is adapted from Karen Cushman’s well-received children’s novel from 1994. Published in diary format, the poignant and funny book won the Newbery Honor and Golden Kite Award the following year. Dunham has long been a fan of the novel and first announced her plan to adapt it back in 2014.”

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Jessica Fisher

I’m Jessica Fisher! I love being a wife and mom, and I love movies and TV. I’m a murderino, and love to travel and write. I love Disney and the beach and stand-up comedy. My favorite things to geek out on are the podcast My Favorite Murder, The Handmaid’s Tale, Mindhunter, Cobra Kai, The Wonder Years, Somebody Somewhere, Shrinking, The Big Door Prize and Severence. My favorite movies are About Time, 50/50, pretty much anything with Jason Segel and/or Paul Rudd, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Dirty Dancing, and so many others. I love the books Little Women and Harry Potter, and all types of biographies. I love writing for GeekTyrant!

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