The silent Yorkshire twins with their own secret language locked up for 12 years in Broadmoor
June and Jennifer Gibbons extraordinary story is one that has been retold on TV and on stage
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Twins share a bond like no other - but for June and Jennifer Gibbons, their relationship was unbreakable as they endured 12 years locked inside the UK s most notorious psychiatric hospital.
Focus Features Acquires Wright & Lawrance-Led Silent Twins
Focus Features acquires Wright & Lawrance-led Silent Twins
Focus Features has successfully acquired the rights to director Agnieszka Smoczynska’s upcoming biopic thriller drama titled
Silent Twins, based on the real-life story of identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons, led by
Black Panther‘s Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance (
The Long Song), which recently wrapped production in Poland. On top of starring, Wright and Lawrance are also serving as producer and executive producer, respectively.
“Aga is a visually stunning and fantastically sensitive filmmaker who treats the twins, so harshly judged, as ordinary girls with extraordinary imaginations,” Focus Features President of Production and Acquisitions Kiska Higgs said in a statement. “She’s created a luminous, magical world for her stars, in which they explore the themes of love, longing, identity and what it truly means to have an ‘other half.’
Letitia Wright Drama ‘Silent Twins’ Acquired by Focus Features
Tamara Lawrence stars as “Black Panther” star’s twin sister in English-language debut from director Agnieszka SmoczynskaBrian Welk | April 8, 2021 @ 10:00 AM Last Updated: April 8, 2021 @ 10:30 AM
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Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to “Silent Twins,” a film starring “Black Panther” actress Letitia Wright.
“Silent Twins” is the English-language debut of “The Lure” director Agnieszka Smoczynska and stars Wright and Tamara Lawrance (“The Gurney,” “The Long Song”) as twin sisters in Wales who are mute to everyone but themselves.
The film recently wrapped production in Poland. Focus plans to distribute the film in the U.S., while Universal Pictures International will distribute internationally.
Poland’s Goczol and Kolaric of Serbia top the Explorer charts in Garmin Quest Hatta
20 Dec, 2020
Marek Goczol of Poland and Serbia’s Ivana Kolaric bagged the top honours in the Explorer category of Garmin Quest 2020 - the region’s first long-distance adventure race based on mountain biking, trail running and kayaking, which took place in Hatta on Friday.
Organised by Dubai Sports Council, Hatta Adventures, Garmin and Arabian Epic, Garmin Quest 2020 had attracted more 300 participants for what was billed as a once-in-a-lifetime experience in the foothills of the Hajar Mountains, which took participants on an adventure of biking across rugged mountainous terrain, trail running through some of the oldest inhabited lands in the UAE, and kayaking in the waters of Hatta Dam.