Olivia Colman and Dev Patel to Star in New Romance Film 'Wicker'

'Wicker,' a film based on a short story by Ursula Wills-Jones, set to start production in 2024 with Oscar winners Olivia Colman and Dev Patel playing characters embroiled in an unconventional romance in a conservative seaside village.

• Oscar-winning actors Olivia Colman and Dev Patel have been cast in the new romance film 'Wicker,' in which Colman plays a fisherwoman who commissions a husband made of wicker, played by Patel, resulting in a scandal in their conservative seaside village.
• The film 'Wicker' is based on 'The Wicker Husband,' a short story by Ursula Wills-Jones, and adapted into a script by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, who are also set to direct the film.
• The film will be financed and produced by Topic Studios and Tango, with Olivia Colman, Ed Sinclair and Tom Carver from South of The River, David Michôd and Brad Zimmerman for Yoki, Inc., and Justin Lothrop and Brent Stiefel for Votiv sharing the producer credits.
• International sales of 'Wicker' will be opened by Black Bear Pictures in the American Film Market, while the U.S. rights are handled by CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group.
• 'Wicker' is set to start production in 2024 with Olivia Colman known for 'The Favourite,' 'The Crown,' 'Landscapers,' among others and Dev Patel known for 'Slumdog Millionaire,' 'The Personal History of David Copperfield' and 'Lion' leading the cast.

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