Diego Ramos Bechara editor Shout! Studios has acquired the North American distribution rights to the Daisy Ridley-starring “Magpie.” Following what Shout!
says was a “competitive bidding situation,” the Werewolf Films, 55 Films and Align-produced acquisition comes on the heels of the Cannes Market. “‘Magpie’ is a stylish neo-noir thriller centered on married couple Anette (Ridley) and Ben (Shazad Latif), whose lives begin to fracture when their daughter is cast alongside a glamorous movie star, Alicia (Matilda Lutz).
As Anette’s suspicions of Ben’s infatuation with Alicia intensify, their secrets and lies threaten to burst to the surface and destroy them all,” reads its logline.
Based on an original idea by Ridley (“Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker,” “Young Woman and the Sea”), written by Tom Bateman (“Murder on the Orient Express,” “Thirteen Lives”) and directed by Sam Yates (“VANYA, The Hope Rooms”), the film stars Ridley, Latif (“What’s Love Got to Do with It?,” “Star Trek: Discovery”), Lutz (“Helen’s Dead,” “Medici”), Pippa Bennett-Warner (“Gangs of London,” “See How They Run”), Hiba Ahmed, Cherrelle Skeete (“Hanna,” “Snowflakes”) and Alistair Petrie (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Sex Education.”) “To bring this idea to life has been one of the most gratifying moments of my career,” Ridley said. “Working with Tom, Sam, Kate and the wonderful cast and crew on ‘Magpie’ has been an unbelievable collaboration, and now getting to partner with Shout!
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