Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy have joined the cast list of Breathe.
Andrew Garfield
Breathe is set to be the next directing project for actor turned filmmaker Andy Serkis through The Imaginarium Studios, which was established in 2011 by Serkis and producer Jonathan Cavendish.
Breathe will mark the first time that Garfield and Foy have worked together as they are set to play husband and wife, Robin and Diana.
Robin is a young man with his whole life ahead of him before he is paralysed by polio. Together, Robin and Diana refuse to be imprisoned by his suffering, travelling the world and transforming the lives of others with their humour, courage and lust for life. A heart-warming and hilarious celebration of bravery and human possibility; a love story about living every breath as though it's your last.
William Nicholson has penned the screenplay for the film while Cavendish will reunite with Serkis to serve as the producer on the film.
Speaking about the casting of Garfield and Foy, the director said: William Nicholson "I'm very excited by the prospect of working with Andrew. He is a remarkably gifted actor, capable of finding and expressing the deep emotions experienced by Robin, in spite of his disability.
"Claire is blessed with a diverse and exceptional range of work and is one of the UK's most respected young actresses - she's the perfect emotional foil to Andrew's Robin and brings great strength of character to the pivotal role of Diana"
Serkis has already directed another adaptation of the Jungle Book: Origins, which is based on Rudyard Kipling's novel of the same name. However, we are not going to see that film hit the big screen until 2018.
Breathe is set to be his next project as a filmmaker and is a project that will be co-financed by BBC Films. No release date for the film has yet been announced.
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