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Whitney Peak Joins Shira Haas & Sarah Paulson For Aisling Walsh’s ‘Ethel’; Bankside Films Scores A Number Of International Pre-Sales For Biopic About Pioneering Conductor — Cannes

Peak joins Shira Haas and Sarah Paulson in Aisling Walsh's biopic about pioneering conductor Ethel Stark. Bankside Films scores key international deals

The project, which is a true story based on a screenplay by Celeste Parr, has sold to Benelux (Imagine), Canada (Sphere Films), Eastern Europe (HBO), Middle East (Front Row) and Spain (Divisa Red). Haas ( Bodies, Unorthodox, The Zookeeper’s Wife), who is currently making her London West End stage debut with Opening Night, will play the title role of Ethel. Peak is repped by CAA, Canopy Media Partners, Play Management and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein.

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