Source: https://www.screendaily.com/news/wonder ... 50.articleEmily Carey, who plays the young Diana in global smash Wonder Woman, will star in the live-action family feature Anastasia: Once Upon a Time. The feature is a retelling of the Anastasia Romanov story and marks the second production between Swen Group, the Latin American giant that recently established a US distribution arm, and Conglomerate, the Florida-based production company behind Walt Before Mickey and the upcoming The Little Mermaid.
Anastasia: Once Upon a Time begins in 1917 as the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II flees Lenin’s troops through a time portal, emerging in 1988 when she befriends a young American girl.
Carey will star alongside Kendall Vertes as Tana and Aliyah Moulden from TV show The Voice, who will write and perform original songs. Blake Harris directs, as he did on The Little Mermaid. Conglomerate head Armando Gutierrez serves as producer alongside Eli Lipnik, Peter Lees and Bret Jones. Swen will handle worldwide sales.
“I am so thrilled to be cast as Anastasia. The team is incredible and it is such a beautiful script,” Carey said. “It is a meaningful and completely unique take on the story of Anastasia. I cannot wait to share it with the world.” Lipnik added: “I am very excited about the continued growth of Swen and our newly formed partnership. I look forward to many years of creating films together.”
Source: https://variety.com/2017/film/news/war- ... 202494160/Amiah Miller, who stars in the upcoming “War for the Planet of the Apes,” has joined the cast of fantasy-comedy “Anastasia” opposite Emily Carey and Aliyah Moulden, Variety has learned exclusively. Moulden, one of the top three finalists on the most recent season of NBC’s “The Voice,” will play the role of an ’80s pop star.
Miller, who plays the Nova role as a mute orphan in the latest “Apes” movie, will play a young American who befriends Anastasia in the re-telling of the classic story. Set in 1917, “Anastasia” sees Anastasia Romanov escape through a time portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and finds herself in the year 1988.
Blake Harris is directing the live-action family film, which begins production next month in Portugal. Armando Gutiérrez is producing the film. Murray and Eli Lipnik are the executive producers.
Source: https://variety.com/2018/film/news/bran ... 202680945/Brandon Routh has been set to star as Czar Nicholas in the upcoming live-action family film “Anastasia.” He’ll portray the father of Anastasia in the re-imagining of the classic story in which Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin and finds herself in the year 1988.
Production began last summer in Lexington, Ky., with filming the 1988 portion of the film with Emily Carey and Amiah Miller co-starring. Shooting resumes in April on the 1917 portion of the film. Producers on “Anastasia” are Armando Gutierrez, Eli Lipnik, Peter Lees, and Bret Jones. Blake Harris is directing from his own screenplay, based on the concept from Gutierrez and Harris.
Source: https://deadline.com/2018/03/chazz-palm ... 202338674/The live-action family film Anastasia is rounding out its cast with the addition of comedian Jo Koy and Broadway actress Donna Murphy joining the previously announced Brandon Routh, Emily Carey, and Amiah Miller. Koy and Murphy will play Vladimir Lenin and Yara the Enchantress, respectively. Harris penned the screenplay based on an original concept by Armando Gutierrez and Harris. Gutierrez is producing the pic alongside Eli Lipnik, Peter Lees and Bret Jones.
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