EXCLUSIVE: Albrecht Schuch, Douglas Hodge, Gwilym Lee, and Vinette Robinson have joined the cast of TriStar Pictures’ The Nightingale, starring Dakota and Elle Fanning, marking the first time the acclaimed sisters star in a film together. The film also stars Mark Rylance, Shira Haas and rising star Edmund Donovan.
Michael Morris will direct the film from a script by award-winning screenwriter Dana Stevens. The project is produced by Elizabeth Cantillon for The Cantillon Company, Dakota and Elle Fanning and Brittany Kahan Ward for Lewellen Pictures and Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine. Sony Pictures is releasing the film theatrically on February 12, 2027.
The Nightingale tells the powerful story of two sisters during WWII who dare to embark on separate, dangerous paths in the fight for survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France.
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