Olivia Colman lands next lead film role
Olivia Colman will star alongside Dev Patel in a romance film with a difference due to begin filming next year.
The Crown star will appear in Wicker as a "smelly fisherwoman" who ignites her conservative town into a frenzy of jealousy and gossip after she embarks on a new relationship, reports Deadline.
Slumdog Millionaire's Patel will play Colman's love interest in the film, based on the short story The Wicker Husband by Ursula Wills-Jones.
Wicker's official synopsis reads: "On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman (Olivia Colman); smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbours, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker (Dev Patel). In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos."
It will be directed by Save Yourself!'s Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, and will go into production in Europe in 2024 according to the publication.
The news comes after Colman was confirmed to be one of the villains in Paul King's Wonka, set for release on December 8 in the UK, and December 15 in the US.
Wicker is yet to receive a release window.
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