Lionsgate has as soon as once more pushed again “White Fowl,” the coming-of-age largely WW2-set drama which serves as each a spin-off and a semi-prequel/semi-sequel to Stephen Chbosky’s 2017 movie “Surprise”.
The undertaking was shot approach again in February 2021 and was initially slated for a September 2022 launch however stored getting pushed again and has solely screened up to now at a single movie competition again in July.
It has now been pushed again once more from an unspecified launch this quarter to a brand new October 4th 2024 launch.
The movie’s first trailer somewhat infamously belaboured the very fact it was a “Surprise” spin-off with at least three separate graphics citing the prior movie’s title in beneath forty seconds.
A second trailer just a few months later took the alternative method, taking part in down the “Surprise” connection altogether and up the story’s personal inspirational strengths.
Within the movie, Bryce Gheisar reprises his “Surprise” function as Julian, the bully and adversary of Jacob Tremblay’s Auggie, who was expelled from Beecher Prep.
Julian’s grandmother (Helen Mirren) visits from France and recounts her experiences as a Jewish woman in Nazi-occupied France in hopes of educating him the significance of kindness.
Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt and Gillian Anderson additionally star within the movie which was directed by Marc Forster (“Discovering Neverland”) from a script by Mark Bomback primarily based on R.J. Palacio’s 2019 graphic novel.
Palacio, Todd Lieberman, and David Hoberman produce.
Supply: Deadline