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Gemma Arterton to Lead David Blair’s Adventure Thriller ‘Storm Witch’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Gemma Arterton will play a woman accused of witchcraft in David Blair's 17th-century thriller 'Storm Witch,' which Myriad is launching in Cannes.
The independent U.K./Ireland co-production, to be directed by David Blair (a BAFTA winner for “Taking Over the Asylum” and “The Street”) from a screenplay by Tristan de Vere Cole, is being launched at the Marche du Film in Cannes later this month, with Myriad Pictures handling pre-sales. Arterton, who also starred in “The King’s Man” and recently appeared in the Toronto-bowing “The Critic,” will lead a cast that includes Chloe Pirrie (“The Queen’s Gambit”), Stuart Martin (“Army of Thieves”), Kate Dickie (“Prometheus”) Steven Cree (“Outlander”) and Kevin McKidd (“Grey’s Anatomy”). Set in the 17th century, “Storm Witch” centers on a small coastal community whose villagers find themselves drawn to and suspicious of Morag (Arterton), a remarkable but mysterious woman who is uniquely connected to the nature that surrounds her.
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