Wrekin Hill Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to Liv Ullmann’s “Miss Julie,” which stars Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton, it was announced Friday by Wrekin Hill president and CEO Chris Ball.
“Miss Julie” premiered earlier this month at the Toronto International Film Festival. Wrekin Hill will release the film in theaters in December 2014.
Ullmann adapted the play by August Strindberg, and the film was produced by Synnøve Hørsdal, Oliver Dungey, and Teun Hilte.
“Miss Julie” is set during the course of a midsummer night in Ireland in 1890. It centers around the unsettled daughter (Chastain) of Anglo-Irish aristocracy, who encourages her father’s valet (Farrell) to seduce her. The valet is already engaged to the cook (Morton), which complicates matters even more.
“We are thrilled to be involved with such a captivating film and we look forward to bringing this incredible film which features mesmerizing performances by Chastain, Farrell and Morton to U.S. audiences,” said Rene Cogan, COO of Wrekin Hill.
The deal for “Miss Julie” was negotiated by Ball and Cogan for Wrekin Hil, with CAA on behalf of the filmmakers. Wild Bunch is handling all foreign sales.
Ullmann was born in Tokyo and raised in Toronto, the United States, and Norway. Her long filmography as an actor includes “Scenes from a Marriage” and her films as director include “Sofie” and “Faithless.”
Wrekin Hill has a multi-year U.S. home entertainment distribution deal with Lionsgate, and a three-year multi-platform output deal with Canadian distributor eOne. The company’s upcoming releases include the animated film “Yellowbird” starring Seth Green and Dakota Fanning, and “The Physician” starring Ben Kingsley and Oliver Martinez.
