Cate Blanchett To Star In Searchlight Pictures’ “Sweetsick”

Disney’s Searchlight Pictures is developing a brand new film called “Sweetsick”, which is going to be directed by Alice Birch.

Variety has revealed, and Searchlight has confirmed, that Cate Blanchett will star in the upcoming film, where she will play the role of a mercurial woman with a strange and piercing gift – the ability to see what others most intimately need, often at great personal cost – who sets out on a journey home.

Filming on the movie is set to begin later this fall in the UK and Greece.

“Sweetsick” is going to be produced by Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Theo Barrowclough from House Productions (Conclave, Mint, The Wonder) alongside Blanchett and her Dirty Films banner. Lee Groombridge will also produce. Film4 will also be an executive producer and co-finance the movie.

The movie’s director, Alice Birch, said in a statement regarding the casting:

“I could not be more excited to be making my debut feature as a director with such an extraordinary team of filmmakers and collaborators. I am in the safest hands with Tessa Ross and her brilliant team at House, and am so proud to be working with Searchlight and Film4. To have the peerless Cate Blanchett at the centre of it is thrilling.”

The producer, Tessa Ross, added:

“We’re all very big believers in Alice Birch and it’s been wonderful to see that the fantastic team she’s gathered around her, not least the amazing Cate, feel the same way – all drawn in by her bold, beautiful vision”.

Cate Blanchett has previously collaborated with Disney on several projects, including “Nightmare Alley”, “Thor: Ragnarok”, “Cinderella”, and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”.

VP of Development & Production Pete Spencer and Creative Executive Cameron Chidsey are overseeing the project for Searchlight Pictures, reporting into Production & Development Heads Katie Goodson-Thomas and DanTram Nguyen. Farhana Bhula, Director of Film4 and Alice Whittemore, Development & Production Executive, are overseeing the project for Film4. Farhana Bhula is an Executive Producer for Film4, and Zoe Edwards, Harry Dixon and James Green are Executive Producers for House Productions.

No other release details on the film have been announced yet, such as when it will be released and if it will be getting a theatrical run before a streaming release.

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