Kristin Hannah's #1 New York Times Best Selling World War II Novel THE NIGHTINGALE is heading to the silver screen -- and it just cast its leading ladies.
Actress Dakota Fanning (The Alienist, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, The Secret Life of Bees) has grown up in front of the public eye. She got her big break starring in the movie I Am Sam, and at age 8, was the youngest actor to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award. Her younger sister, Elle Fanning (Super 8, Maleficent, Mary Shelley), made her acting debut in I Am Sam playing a younger version of Dakota's character and has since gone on to carve her own career in the industry.
While the sisters have played alternate versions of the same character on-screen, they've never shared the screen together as intersecting characters. They've been waiting for the perfect project to bring them together, and found it in Kristin Hannah's timeless tale of two sisters during the height of war.
The Nightingale takes place during World War II in Nazi-occupied France, and explores the homefront and the women who must survive and keep everything together while the men are away fighting. The novel is at gut-wrenching and impactful, and leads a lasting impression on its readers. The movie adaptation hopes to do the same for a new audience.
The film is coming from TriFilm Studios, helmed by producer Elizabeth Cantillon (Charlie's Angels 2019, The Girl in the Spider's Web), screenwriter Dana Stevens (Safe Haven, City of Angels) and director Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds, Beginners), who is also an actress and screenwriter. Laurent has previously worked with Elle Fanning on Galveston.
The rest of the cast has yet to be announced, and the film is still in pre-production. BroadwayWorld Books will keep you informed as the project continues to develop.
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