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Andrew Garfield & Claire Foy To Star In Enid Blyton Adaptation ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ With Filming Due To Begin Next Month — Cannes Market


Filming is due to get underway next month on the children's story.

Neal Street Productions, Elysian Film Group and Ashland Hill Media Finance are behind the movie which is being adapted by BAFTA-winner Simon Farnaby ( Paddington 2) and will be directed by Ben Gregor ( Britannia). Soon after the family’s arrival in the countryside, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric residents including treasured characters Moonface, Silky, Dame Washalot and Saucepan Man. Executive producers include Ashland Hill Media Finance’s Simon Williams, Joe Simpson and Jonathan Bross and Palisades Park Pictures’ Tamara Birkemoe.

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