Overview
- Variety reports that Ella Purnell has joined Nicholas Galitzine to star in the feature The Return of Stanley Atwell.
- Brian Welsh writes and directs from an original story by Steven Soderbergh, who serves as executive producer.
- The logline follows a presumed-dead heir who reappears after a decade in captivity, sparking a struggle over the Atwell estate.
- Hera Pictures produces with equity from John Gore Studios, while WME Independent is co-repping U.S. rights.
- Filming is slated to begin soon in the U.K. and Malta, marking Welsh’s second collaboration with both Soderbergh and Hera Pictures.