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Guy Pearce, Teresa Palmer, Ann Dowd Board Supernatural Thriller Poor Boy as AMP Sets AFM Sales Launch

A film adaptation of Matt Cameron’s 2009 play will be directed by Jeffrey Walker.

Overview

  • The feature follows a child who wakes from a coma claiming to be the reincarnation of a man who died seven years earlier.
  • AMP will launch worldwide sales at the American Film Market, with Head of Sales Anthony Buckner publicly backing the project.
  • Producers are Lionel Hicks of Liquid Noise Films alongside Steve Jaggi and Kylie Pascoe of Jaggi Entertainment.
  • Producers say filming is planned to begin at the end of the year after assembling the key creative elements.
  • Guy Pearce, who appeared in the 2009 stage production, will also arrange a score based on music by Tim Finn of Crowded House.