Andreas Wiseman International EditorSky has acquired rights to Marc Munden’s The Secret Garden from Studiocanal. The plan is for the film to be released in cinemas and on Sky Cinema on 23 October across the UK and Ireland.Studiocanal had already moved the film from April 3 to August 14 due to the pandemic and now it moves again.Directed by Marc Munden (National Treasure), written by Jack Thorne (Wonder), produced by David Heyman (Harry Potter) and Rosie Alison (Paddington), the film will be re-branded as a Sky Original.Based on the classic children’s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the film stars Dixie Egerickx (Summerland), Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) and Julie Walters (Harry Potter).
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