Mia Wasikowska, Penelope Wilton and Richard Roxburgh Join Taika Waititi in ‘Fing’
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Taika Waititi, Mia Wasikowska, David Walliams, Richard Roxburgh, Penelope Wilton, Blake Harrison and Robyn Nevin are set to star alongside newcomer Iona Bell in the screen adaptation of David Walliams’ international best-selling children’s book “Fing.” Variety reported in November that Waititi was in talks to star in the film.
The fantasy feature film is co-written by Walliams and Kevin Cecil, with director Jeffrey Walker at the helm. Principal filming has commenced at Screen Queensland Studios in Brisbane, Australia, secured through Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy.
The film is an official Australian U.K. co-production led by Jo Sargent from London-based King Bert Productions, and Todd Fellman from Queensland’s Story Bridge Films; with AGC Studios co-financing and handling worldwide sales and distribution.
Transmission Films will release theatrically in Australia and New Zealand, with Stan premiering as a Stan Original on SVOD. Sky is co-financing and has developed the project in the U.K.
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