IN POST PRODUCTION:
DEADLINE EXCLUSIVE: Benedict Cumberbatch has signed to star in Dylan Southern’s adaptation of Max Porter’s acclaimed novel Grief is the Thing With Feathers about a father and his two young sons dealing with the sudden death of their wife and mother.
Cumberbatch will play a young father whose hold on reality crumbles following his wife’s death as a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.
This mysterious creature, known as “Crow”, seemingly brought to life from the pages of his work as an illustrator, becomes a very real part of all their lives, ultimately guiding them towards the new shape family must take.
Directed and adapted by Dylan Southern
Producers Andrea Cornwell (Lobo Films), Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke (SunnyMarch)
Film4, mk2 representing international rights, UTA co-representing domestic rights