Olivia Colman and Dev Patel to Star in "Twisted" Romance Movie Titled WICKER
Academy Award-winning actress Olivia Colman (The Favourite) and Academy Award-nominated actor Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) have signed on to star in the “twisted” romance movie, Wicker, from directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson (Save Yourselves!), who adapted the script for the film based on the short story “The Wicker Husband” by Ursula Wills-Jones.
In the film, Colman will play a “smelly Fisherwoman” who sparks outrage and jealousy in her conservative town due to an unconventional romance. The project isn’t currently a SAG production and is not due to film until mid-late next year in Europe.
The official synopsis reads:
“On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman (Olivia 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 (Dev Patel). In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos.”
Colman will next be seen in Paul King’s Wonka, Thea Sharrock’s Wicked Little Letters, the latter of which she also produced, and Dougal Wilson’s Paddington in Peru.
Patel can currently be seen in Wes Anderson’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, as well as Poison on Netflix. He will next be seen starring in his directorial debut Monkey Man which he also co-wrote and produced.
via: Deadline