Shawkat and Grainger on the set of “Animals”: Brocklehurst Productions
“Animals” is inching closer towards the big screen. Alia Shawkat (“Search Party”) and Holliday Grainger (“Tulip Fever”) have been cast in Sophie Hyde’s adaptation of Emma Jane Unsworth’s best-selling novel. A press release announced the news.
The comedy follows Laura (Grainger) and Tyler (Shawkat), hedonistic best friends and drinking buddies whose lives are turned upside down when Laura becomes engaged to a man who decides to go teetotal. Unsworth penned the adaptation of her book.
Currently shooting in Dublin, “Animals” is an official Irish/Australian co-production from Vico Films and Closer Productions.
The pic marks Hyde’s follow-up to “52 Tuesdays,” her feature debut. The acclaimed coming-of-age drama centers on a 16-year-old and her transgender parent in the midst of transitioning. The film’s title refers to the fact that the teen and her parent see each other exclusively on Tuesday afternoons.
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“Animals” is inching closer towards the big screen. Alia Shawkat (“Search Party”) and Holliday Grainger (“Tulip Fever”) have been cast in Sophie Hyde’s adaptation of Emma Jane Unsworth’s best-selling novel. A press release announced the news.
The comedy follows Laura (Grainger) and Tyler (Shawkat), hedonistic best friends and drinking buddies whose lives are turned upside down when Laura becomes engaged to a man who decides to go teetotal. Unsworth penned the adaptation of her book.
Currently shooting in Dublin, “Animals” is an official Irish/Australian co-production from Vico Films and Closer Productions.
The pic marks Hyde’s follow-up to “52 Tuesdays,” her feature debut. The acclaimed coming-of-age drama centers on a 16-year-old and her transgender parent in the midst of transitioning. The film’s title refers to the fact that the teen and her parent see each other exclusively on Tuesday afternoons.
