WE MAY be barely out of awards season, but film insiders are already buzzing over “The Danish Girl”, the ground-breaking new project from director Tom Hooper and starring academy award winning star Eddie Redmayne and co-star Alicia Vikander.
The film will open in exclusive engagements in New York and Los Angeles on Nov. 27 and sees Focus Features teaming up again with Working Title. The pair partnered on The Theory of Everything, for which Redmayne won the best actor at the Oscars last month.
Working Title has a long term deal with Focus parent studio Universal, which will handle Danish Girl internationally. The film is based on the novel of the same name by David Ebershoff.
Redmayne stars as Lili Elbe, one of the first-known recipients of transgender surgery. The story is set in 1920s Copenhagen.
Producers are Gail Mutrux through her Pretty Pictures production company, Anne Harrison through her Harrison Productions, Working Title co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and Hooper. Amber Heard and Matthias Schoenaerts also star.
“In the tradition of Focus’ history of epic and moving love stories, The Danish Girl promises to be unforgettable,” said Focus chief Peter Schlessel.
Is it too early to say…ooh, can’t wait?!
