Joe Alwyn (Hamnet, The Brutalist) has joined BAFTA award-winning Tomas Alfredson’s (Let The Right One In) Seance on a Wet Afternoon, written by Emmy award-winning Jack Thorne (Adolescence, Lord of the Flies).
Alwyn joins the previously announced cast of Academy Award-winning Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) and Emmy- and Bafta-winning Matthew Macfadyen (Succession).
Myra, a self-proclaimed medium, convinces her husband, Billy, to kidnap the son of a wealthy family so she can lead the police to the “missing” child and legitimise her psychic abilities. When Myra’s true intentions come to light, however, Billy realises her plan threatens to consume them both.
Seance on a Wet Afternoon is an Element Pictures and Astral Projection production, produced by Robyn Slovo, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe (for Element Pictures (a Fremantle company), and Polly Stokes and Rachel Weisz (for Astral Projection).
The project is a part of Astral Projection’s first-look and development deal with Fremantle. Film4 and Fremantle financed the film. Executive producers are Jack Thorne, Matthew Macfadyen, Farhana Bhula and David Kimbangi for Film4. FilmNation Entertainment are handling international sales, with UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance handling the domestic rights.
Creatives include director of photography Marcell Rév (Euphoria), BAFTA award-winning production designer Jacqueline Abrahams (The Lobster), costume designer Sarah Blenkinsop (All Of Us Strangers), Academy award-nominated hair and make-up designer Daniel Phillips (Victoria & Abdul) and casting director Jina Jay (The Night Manager).
Principal photography for Seance on a Wet Afternoon is now underway in the United Kingdom.
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