Wait Till Helen Comes, based on the novel by Mary Downing-Hahn, premiered yesterday at various on-demand venues, including iTunes, Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox and Vimeo on Demand. Directed by Dominic James from a screenplay by Victoria Sanchez Mandryk, the film stars Sophie Nélisse (The Book Thief), Callum Keith Rennie (Fifty Shades of Grey), Isabelle Nélisse (Mama) and Maria Bello (Prisoners, A History of Violence).
Wait Till Helen Comes is the first feature film by YA novelist Downing-Hahn, who also makes a guest appearance in the movie. Initially published in 1986--and never out of print--the novel appears on numerous U.S. schools recommended reading lists.