Jessica Watson
A new feature film about Australian Jessica Watson, the youngest person to sail around the world, is due in cinemas late 2013.
The film to be called True Spirit will be directed by American film-maker Sean McNamara.
It will be produced by McNamara and David Brookwell’s Brookewell McNamara Entertainment with Australian production company Sunstar Entertainment’s Andrew Fraser, Daniel Starling and Brian Andrews.
The film will be shot in Sydney and the Gold Coast in early 2013.
Announced at the Australian International Movie Convention by distributor Paramount Pictures’ vice president of Australia and New Zealand Mike Selwyn said: “We are delighted to be working with Bme and Sunstar to bring Jessica Watson’s story to the big screen where it belongs. This is a wonderful story of courage, perseverance and triumph that will appeal to all audiences.”
Andrew Fraser CEO of Sunstar Entertainment said: “Jessica Watson is an inspiring...
A new feature film about Australian Jessica Watson, the youngest person to sail around the world, is due in cinemas late 2013.
The film to be called True Spirit will be directed by American film-maker Sean McNamara.
It will be produced by McNamara and David Brookwell’s Brookewell McNamara Entertainment with Australian production company Sunstar Entertainment’s Andrew Fraser, Daniel Starling and Brian Andrews.
The film will be shot in Sydney and the Gold Coast in early 2013.
Announced at the Australian International Movie Convention by distributor Paramount Pictures’ vice president of Australia and New Zealand Mike Selwyn said: “We are delighted to be working with Bme and Sunstar to bring Jessica Watson’s story to the big screen where it belongs. This is a wonderful story of courage, perseverance and triumph that will appeal to all audiences.”
Andrew Fraser CEO of Sunstar Entertainment said: “Jessica Watson is an inspiring...
- 8/20/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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