The $6.6m (€5M) French-UK production Jennifer And The Swan Boat will be directed by feature first timer Michael Beyer and produced by David Amory Lown and Patricia Twohill Lown of Palancar Productions.
Peter O’Toole and Geraldine Chaplin have signed on to play lead roles in Jennifer And The Swan Boat, a family drama about an orphan who becomes a ballerina.
O’Toole will play a former ballet star who develops an unlikely friendship with an orphan before tutoring her to stardom. The film is predominantly set in the Paris National Opera House where Geraldine Chaplin’s character presides over the Ballet Company. Casting is underway to find a young ballerina suitable for the eponymous role.
Jeanne Manson, Daniel Downing, Brigitte Moati and Larrio Ekson round out the cast.
Four-time Oscar winner Michel Legrand will score the piece, and Claude Bessy, a former Prima Ballerina at the Paris National Opera will choreograph the dance scenes.
The $6.6m (€5M) French-UK production will be directed by feature first timer Michael Beyer and is scripted by David Amory Lown and to be produced by David Amory Lown and Patricia Twohill Lown of Palancar Productions. Backing comes from private equity and Région Ile-de-France. The duo will be discussing the project at Cannes and are aiming for a March 2011 shoot.
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