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Kapur off on another ‘Lark’ experience

Last week, Shekhar Kapur took over the place left by the late Anthony Minghella for his segment of the shorts ensemble New York, I Love You and this week he will be in over his head with Warner Bros.’ period fantasy based on the recent Philip Reeve’s novel.

THR reports that Kapur will develop and direct Larklight while Steven Knight will adapt the tale that is set in a Victorian-era alternate universe in which mankind has been exploring the solar system since the time of Isaac Newton, revolves around a brother and sister who team with a band of renegade space pirates to save the world from destruction at the hands of a madman.

Kapur has over the years been attached to several projects, but nothing close to the magnitude of this 200 million dollar project. In making their decision, Warner isn’t looking at the box office receipts for Elizabeth: The Golden Age nor 02’s The Four Feathers.

Denise Di Novi is producing while Alison Greenspan is exec producing.

Last week, Shekhar Kapur took over the place left by the late Anthony Minghella for his segment of the shorts ensemble New York, I Love
You
and this week he will be in over his head with Warner Bros.’ period fantasy based on the recent Philip Reeve’s novel.

THR reports that Kapur will develop and direct Larklight while Steven Knight will adapt the tale that is set in a Victorian-era alternate universe in which mankind has been
exploring the solar system since the time of Isaac Newton, revolves
around a brother and sister who team with a band of renegade space
pirates to save the world from destruction at the hands of a madman.

Kapur has over the years been attached to several projects, but nothing close to the magnitude of this 200 million dollar project. In making their decision, Warner isn’t looking at the box office receipts for Elizabeth: The Golden
Age
nor 02’s The Four Feathers.

Denise Di Novi is producing while Alison Greenspan is exec producing.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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