Swallows and Amazons is set to be the family film not to miss this August and the brand new poster for the movie has arrived.
Swallows and Amazons
Swallows and Amazons is a big screen adaptation of the much-loved children's book of the same name by Arthur Ransome and I am excited to see this tale of adventure get a new movie makeover.
The film sees Philippa Lowthorpe make her big screen directorial debut - she is no stranger to the director's chair with TV projects such as Cider with Rosie, Jamaica Inn and Call the Midwife already under her belt.
Lowthorpe has assembled a cast of established stars and upcoming talent as Andrew Scott, Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald, and Jessica Haynes are on board. Dane Hughes, Orla Hill, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, and Bobby McCullock will also star.
Swallows And Amazons follows four children dreaming of escape from the tedium of a summer holiday in the Lake District with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on a remote island in the middle of a vast lake, they are overjoyed. But when they get there they discover they may not be alone...
As a desperate battle for ownership of the island ensues, the real dangers of an adult world on the brink of war encroach on their paradise in the form of a mysterious pair of Russian spies hot on the tail of the enigmatic Jim Turner. As the sleepy British summer is turned on its head, the children must learn skills of survival, responsibility, and the all-important value of friendship.
The summer is packed with great family movies and Swallows and Amazons is one that cannot be missed.
Swallows and Amazons is released 19th August.
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