Lucy Hale appeared in Cannes through the movie pageant final week, residing the great life but in addition serving to launch Good Life, a brand new characteristic movie mission from Angel Oak Movies.
The $10 million manufacturing will likely be steered by filmmaker Bonnie Rodini, who directed the 2021 South African movie of the identical identify. The variation is described as a coming-of-age story set towards the idyllic Italian countryside. It casts Hale as Olive, a younger girl grappling along with her household’s advanced historical past. Manufacturing is about to start in Italy in September, uniting Pascal Borno and Alain Gillissen of Angel Oak Movies with Silvio Muraglia of Paradox Studios.
Hale is coming off a busy 2023 that noticed the releases of Which Brings Me to You, Pet Love and Inside Man. She is greatest identified for roles within the TV sequence Fairly Little Liars and the Blumhouse and Common horror entry Reality or Dare.
“The Good Life captured my coronary heart and I’m thrilled to be telling this story of a girl trying to find extra which means and goal in her life. I can’t wait to deliver this to life with Bonnie Rodini and the unbelievable staff in Italy later this 12 months,” Hale stated in a press release.
Added Borno: “Lucy was at all times our first selection for the function of Olive. Her speedy connection to the character and her enthusiasm for the mission have been palpable. We’re delighted to collaborate with such an dynamic and gifted actress.”
Angel Oak Movies’ executives have been in Cannes to launch Good Life and the remainder of the corporate’s upcoming productions whereas Hale made time to attend the Pink Sea Worldwide Movie Pageant’s Ladies in Cinema gala in partnership with Vainness Truthful Europe at Lodge Du Cap on Saturday evening.