Tessa Thompson To Star In ‘A Separation’ From Director Jonas Carpignano
EXCLUSIVE: Tessa Thompson (Hedda) has hooked up to provide and star in A Separationa function adaptation of Katie Kitamura‘s bestseller to be written and directed by Cannes award winner Jonas Carpignano (To Chiara, Mediterranean).
Published by Riverhead Books in 2017, A Separation is the story of a lady who reluctantly travels from London to an remoted peninsula in southern Greece to seek out her estranged husband who has gone lacking. Full of suspense and quiet turmoil, the e-book is in regards to the mysteries of intimacy and slippery grief that comes within the wake of a wedding that ends.
In addition to Thompson, Riva Marker will produce for Linden Productions, together with Kishori Rajan of Viva Maude, and Greta Caruso, and Christos V. Konstantakopoulos of Faliro House. Anonymous Content’s David Levine will exec produces.
The challenge reunites Thompson with Linden following their work on Is God IsAleshea Harris’ thriller adapting her award-winning stage play, which releases May 15 by way of Orion Pictures. Linden additionally reunites with Faliro House after their collaboration on David Adjmi’s Stereophonicthe most-nominated play within the historical past of the Tonys, which took residence 5 awards together with Best Play in 2024.
In a joint assertion, the producers informed Deadline: “In A SeparationKitamura unflinchingly explores the complexities of class, race and fidelity with her trademark elegance and fearlessness. “We could not be more thrilled to collaborate on such an evocative story.”
Kitamura mentioned, for her half: “Jonas and Tessa are two of the boldest and most original artists working today. I feel very lucky to be part of this extraordinary collaboration, and to be working with such an exceptional team of producers to bring this novel onto the big screen.”
Thompson is coming off a starring position reverse Jon Bernthal in His & HersNetflix’s homicide thriller based mostly on the Alice Feeney novel, which her Viva Maude produced. Under a first-look movie take care of Amazon MGM, the corporate additionally not too long ago teamed with Plan B to provide HeddaNia DaCosta’s reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s famed 1891 stage play Hedda Gabler for Orion Pictures. Led by Thompson, the movie premiered eventually yr’s Toronto Film Festival and earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Drama. Among Viva Maude’s different upcoming initiatives is an adaptation of Raven Leilani’s debut novel, Luster.
Carpignano is the filmmaker identified for Mediterranean, To Ciambraand To Chiaraa famend trilogy inspecting modern-day southern Italy from the angle of three younger individuals from completely different marginalized communities. Mediterranean screened to important acclaim on the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, along with his 2017 follow-up To Ciambra being put ahead as Italy’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film on the ninetieth Academy Awards. To Chiara had its world premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2021 and went on to US distribution by means of Neon.
A Separation writer Kitamura most not too long ago printed Auditionwhich was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and is being tailored by Lulu Wang with Higher Ground and Laika.
Other initiatives in improvement at Linden embody Alyssa Hill’s adaptation Zygote with Jennifer Garner hooked up to star; a collection adaptation of Emma Rosenblum’s bestseller Bad Summer People with Sarah Michelle Gellar; Jen Silverman’s movie adaptation of Sarah Blakely-Cartwright’s e-book Alice Sadie Celine; a stage adaptation of Eliza Kennedy’s e-book Lucky Night; Yes Day 2 at Netflix with Garner reprising; in addition to Mrs Claus with Netflix and Hello Sunshine.
Faliro House has produced and co-produced greater than 90 movies together with the Academy Award-nominated titles Before Midnight by Richard Linklater, The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos and The Lost Daughter by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Recent works embody Harvest by Athina Rachel Tsangari, A Sad and Beautiful World by Cyril Aris, and Exergue – on Documenta 14 by Dimitris Athiridis.
Recent titles from Anonymous Content’s AC Studios embody the Oscar-nominated Nickel Boys and Golden Globe nominees True Detective: Night Country and Disclaimer. Upcoming initiatives embody Netflix’s East of Eden starring Florence Pugh and Apple’s Neuromancer starring Callum Turner.
Thompson is repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Carpignano by WME and Lichter Grossman, Nichols; and Kitamura by Trident Media Group and Anonymous Content.
