Ophelia starring Daisy Ridley nabs UK distribution deal

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She’s heading to the stars for possibly the final time this coming December in The Rise of Skywalker but before then Daisy Ridley is heading into the past in director Claire McCarthy’s Ophelia, and good news arrives that the film now has a UK distributor.

Sundance 2018 title Ophelia has been picked up for UK and Ireland distribution by Blue Finch Film Releasing.

U.S. sales outfit Covert struck the deal on the title, which was released by IFC in North America earlier this year. The UK deal was closed between Jim Harvey on behalf of Covert and Mike Chapman for Blue Finch.

A retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet from Ophelia’s perspective, pic stars Daisy Ridley, Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, George MacKay and Tom Felton.

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Ophelia
  • Hardcover Book
  • Klein, Lisa (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 336 Pages - 10/31/2006 (Publication Date) - Bloomsbury USA Childrens (Publisher)
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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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She’s heading to the stars for possibly the final time this coming December in The Rise of Skywalker but before then Daisy Ridley is heading into the past in director Claire McCarthy’s Ophelia, and good news arrives that the film now has a UK distributor.

Sundance 2018 title Ophelia has been picked up for UK and Ireland distribution by Blue Finch Film Releasing.

U.S. sales outfit Covert struck the deal on the title, which was released by IFC in North America earlier this year. The UK deal was closed between Jim Harvey on behalf of Covert and Mike Chapman for Blue Finch.

A retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet from Ophelia’s perspective, pic stars Daisy Ridley, Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, George MacKay and Tom Felton.

Sale
Ophelia
  • Hardcover Book
  • Klein, Lisa (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 336 Pages - 10/31/2006 (Publication Date) - Bloomsbury USA Childrens (Publisher)
SourceDeadline
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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