The Father may still be in the awards race —a two-time BAFTA winner last weekend and currently up for six Oscars, including best film, best actor for Anthony Hopkins and best supporting actress for Olivia Colman — but writer/director Florian Zeller has wasted no time on capitalizing on his directorial debut's momentum to get moving on the follow-up.
And he's lined up another pair of top-level names to star. Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern are teaming up for The Son, with See-Saw Films joining the production.
Oscar winners Iain Canning and Emile Sherman (Ammonite, Lion, The King’s Speech) produce with Joanna Laurie for See-Saw, alongside Christophe Spadone (The Father) and Zeller.
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