Michiel Huisman (Game of Thrones) will star opposite Lily James in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, adapted from the novel by Annie Barros and Mary Ann Shaffer, Deadline reported.
Directed by Mike Newell from a script written by Don Roos & Tom Bezucha, the film's producers are Mazur/Kaplan Company's Paula Mazur and Books & Books owner Mitchell Kaplan; alongside Blueprint Pictures' Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin. Filming is set to begin in the U.K. next spring.
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A first trailer has been released for The Shack, based on William P. Young's book that has sold 20 million copies since its release in 2007, Entertainment Weekly reported. The film, which stars Sam Worthington (Avatar), Octavia Spencer (The Help) and Tim McGraw, hits theaters in March.