Helen Mirren to Team Up With Gillian Anderson for Wonder Spin-Off
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Lionsgate s companion film to its 2017 hit, White Bird: A Wonder Story has Ariella Glaser and Orlando Schwerdt in the starring roles, and Bryce Gheisar returning as bully Julian. Feb 26, 2021
Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II, and
Gillian Anderson, who played the former British Prime Minister on
White Bird: A Wonder Story , Lionsgate s companion film to 2017 hit
Orlando Schwerdt will play the film s leads, while
Bryce Gheisar is set to reprise his role as bully Julian from Wonder , which was based on a New York Times bestseller about a boy with facial differences. Mirren will take on the role of Grandmere, Julian Parisian grandmother, and Anderson will portray the mother of Schwerdt s character.
Just a few months after landing
Christopher Robin‘s Marc Forster to helm the film, Lionsgate’s
White Bird: A Wonder Story has begun building its cast as Oscar winner Helen Mirren (
Hobbs & Shaw) has signed on to join the cast.
Based on Palacio’s 2019 graphic novel, the story centers on Julian Albans, the 11-year-old bully who left Beecher Prep, who is still waiting for the insight of how kindness has the power to save lives when he is visited by his Grandmère from Paris and is transformed by her remarkable story of compassion and courage. Grandmère’s fairy-tale life before the war abruptly changes as the Nazis occupy France, and the outcast classmate who she once shunned becomes her savior and best friend.