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Focus Snaps Up Studiocanal & Working Title D-Day Movie ‘Pressure’ Starring Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Kerry Condon & More
Filming continues in the UK on the movie starring Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Kerry Condon, Chris Messina and Damian Lewis.
The deal was closed by Anne Cherel for Studiocanal and Howard Meyers, and Marin Babb for Focus Features, which previously had big box office and awards success with Working Title’s WWII film Darkest Hour. The true story will see All of Us Strangers and Ripley star Scott play Britain’s Chief Meteorological Officer James Stagg, whose job it was to inform Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower (Fraser) of weather conditions that would make or break their Normandy invasion. “With only his trusted aide Captain Kay Summersby (Kerry Condon) to confide in, and haunted by a catastrophic D-Day rehearsal, the final decision rests with Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower (Fraser).
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