Matthew Macfadyen Joins Cast Of Seance On A Wet Afternoon

Award winning British actor Matthew Macfadyen (Succession, Deadpool, Death by Lightning) has joined the cast for Tomas Alfredson‘s Seance On A Wet Afternoon. Principal photography has already started in the UK and Macfadyen is joining Rachel Weisz (The Favourite, The Constant Gardener) as co-lead.

Known for visually striking films such as Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Let The Right One In, Swedish filmmaker Alfredson  is working alongside Emmy award winning screenwriter Jack Thorne (Adolescence) in this remake of the 1964 Bryan Forbes film. The original version of Seance On A Wet Afternoon, based on a Mark McShane novel, starred Richard Attenborough and Kim Stanley.

The official synopsis for the film reads: Myra, a self-proclaimed medium, convinces her husband Billy to kidnap the son of a wealthy family so she can lead the police to the “missing” child and legitimize her psychic abilities. When Myra’s true intentions come to light, however, Billy realizes her plan threatens to consume them both.

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Seance On A Wet Afternoon is an Element Pictures and Astral Projection production, produced by Robyn Slovo; Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe (for Element Pictures (a Fremantle company)), and Polly Stokes and Rachel Weisz (for Astral Projection). The project is a part of Astral Projection’s first-look and development deal with Fremantle. Film4 and Fremantle financed the film. Executive producers are Jack Thorne, Matthew Macfadyen, Farhana Bhula and David Kimbangi for Film4.

FilmNation Entertainment are handling international sales, with UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance handling the domestic rights.

Creatives include director of photography Marcell Rév (Euphoria), BAFTA award-winning production designer Jacqueline Abrahams (The Lobster), costume designer Sarah Blenkinsop (All Of Us Strangers), Academy award-nominated hair and make up designer Daniel Phillips (Victoria & Abdul) and casting director Jina Jay (The Night Manager).

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