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Lord of the rings Star Elijah Wood returns to New Zealand to direct a new film bookworm.
Corresponding diversitythe star has landed the lead role in the movie to be directed The ABC of Deathis Ant Timpson.
Wood, best known for his role as Frodo Baggins on the series Lord of the rings Trilogy is set to star Strawn Wise, a wizard from America who takes care of his estranged 12-year-old daughter, Mildred, after her mother was hospitalized.
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In a failed attempt to bond with his literal daughter, Wood’s Strawn takes her on a camping trip into the harsh New Zealand wilderness. On the camping trip, the father-daughter duo decide to test their family bonds on a mission to find a mythical beast known as the Canterbury Panther.
Though Mildred has camping theory from what she’s read, she’s never been in the great outdoors, and this, combined with her estranged father’s lack of knowledge, lends itself to disasters galore.
Currently in the pre-production phase, bookworm will reunite director Timpson with screenwriter Toby Harvard – the couple previously worked on come to Daddy and The salamander lives twice.
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Speaking of working together, Timpson said, “Toby and I have always been obsessed with fathers and their foibles, particularly the traits we fear we have or display.
Discussing his cinematic influences, Timpson said the film was inspired by escape movies from the 1970s.
“bookworm will be a love letter to the escapist ’70s cinema we grew up with, a non-pampering cinema where adults and children alike enjoyed all the on-screen shenanigans.”
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