Josh O’Connor, Odessa Young to Star in Eva Husson’s ‘Mothering Sunday’
Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentOdessa Young (“Shirley,” “Assassination Nation,” “A Million Little Pieces”), Josh O’Connor (“The Crown,” “Emma,” “Gods Own Country”), Olivia Colman (“The Favourite,” “The Crown”) and Colin Firth (“1917,” “A Single Man,” “The King’s Speech”) will star in “Mothering Sunday” for director Eva Husson (“Girls of the Sun,” “Bang Gang – A Modern Love Story”). Rocket Science is handling sales.Alice Birch (“Normal People,” “Succession,” “Lady Macbeth”) penned the screenplay from the bestselling novel by Graham Swift (“Shuttlecock,” “Waterland,” “Last Orders”).Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films (“Carol,” “Colette”) will produce the film, with financing from Film4 and Ingenious.