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Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan are attached to star in Francis Lee’s Ammonite, the true-life story of 19th-century female fossil hunter Mary Anning.

Lee will write and direct the feature, the follow-up to his acclaimed 2017 debut God’s Own Country. The story will be set in 1840s England, and will follow the intense relationship that develops between a famous fossil hunter and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea, altering both of their lives forever.

The See-Saw Films production is being produced by Iain Canning and Emile Sherman (Widows, Lion, The King’s Speech) alongside Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly (Lady Macbeth).

See-Saw developed the project with the BFI and BBC Films. Principal photography is set for March 2019.

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