Ellen Page Attached to Star in Adaptation of Low-Key Apocalypse Novel Into The Forest
by Brendan Bettinger | Posted: January 9th, 2013 at 8:31 pm
Right now, Ellen Page is likely preparing for a big Sundance, as she has Touchy Feely and The East set to premiere at the festival later this month. Meanwhile, another interesting project has surfaced on her horizon: Variety’s Jeff Sneider tweeted that Page is attached to Into the Forest, an adaptation of the novel by Jean Hegland. Into the Forest is a post-apocalyptic story, but on a smaller scale than “post-apocalyptic” usually connotes. Two teenage sisters live alone in a remote part of the Northern California forest, miles away from any neighbor, when society unexpectedly collapses: “There is talk of a war overseas and upheaval in Congress, but it still comes as a shock when the electricity runs out and gas is nowhere to be found.” The sisters are left to hope the power eventually returns as their supplies dwindle.
It’s too bad that Page, almost 26, is still playing teenagers. (They could age the character up, but it seems crucial that two teenagers live alone.) But the intimate premise sounds worth the effort, adding another layer to the post-apocalyptic stories that I love so much. Read the book synopsis after the break.
-- Oct 21, 2013 10:36 pm --by Brendan Bettinger | Posted: January 9th, 2013 at 8:31 pm
Right now, Ellen Page is likely preparing for a big Sundance, as she has Touchy Feely and The East set to premiere at the festival later this month. Meanwhile, another interesting project has surfaced on her horizon: Variety’s Jeff Sneider tweeted that Page is attached to Into the Forest, an adaptation of the novel by Jean Hegland. Into the Forest is a post-apocalyptic story, but on a smaller scale than “post-apocalyptic” usually connotes. Two teenage sisters live alone in a remote part of the Northern California forest, miles away from any neighbor, when society unexpectedly collapses: “There is talk of a war overseas and upheaval in Congress, but it still comes as a shock when the electricity runs out and gas is nowhere to be found.” The sisters are left to hope the power eventually returns as their supplies dwindle.
It’s too bad that Page, almost 26, is still playing teenagers. (They could age the character up, but it seems crucial that two teenagers live alone.) But the intimate premise sounds worth the effort, adding another layer to the post-apocalyptic stories that I love so much. Read the book synopsis after the break.
Source: collider.comSet in the near-future, Into the Forest is a powerfully imagined novel that focuses on the relationship between two teenage sisters living alone in their Northern California forest home.
Over 30 miles from the nearest town, and several miles away from their nearest neighbor, Nell and Eva struggle to survive as society begins to decay and collapse around them. No single event precedes society’s fall. There is talk of a war overseas and upheaval in Congress, but it still comes as a shock when the electricity runs out and gas is nowhere to be found. The sisters consume the resources left in the house, waiting for the power to return. Their arrival into adulthood, however, forces them to reexamine their place in the world and their relationship to the land and each other. [Amazon]
Casting update
Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood Head 'Into the Forest'
11:15 AM PDT 10/21/2013 by Rebecca Ford
Patricia Rozema will direct the pic based on Jean Hegland’s novel of the same name.
Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood will play sisters in the film Into the Forest, an adaptation of Jean Hegland’s novel of the same name.
Patricia Rozema will direct the pic, which follows two sisters as they struggle to survive after the collapse of society in a not-too-distant future.
Page is also producing, along with Kelly Bush Novak and Sriram Das. Haroon (Boon) Saleem will executive producer and Kristina Sorensen as associate producer.
Page, who recently wrapped shooting the X-Men: Days of Future Past, was recently attached to Fox’s Queen and Country. She's repped by WME, Barnes Morris Klein Mark and Yorn, and Vie Entertainment.
Wood, who recently finished filming Andrew Fleming’s Barefoot, will next be seen in Charlie Countryman opposite Shia LaBeouf and in A Case of You opposite Justin Long. She's repped by CAA.
Rozema’s credits include 1999's Mansfield Park and 1995's When Night is Falling. She's represented by CAA.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
11:15 AM PDT 10/21/2013 by Rebecca Ford
Patricia Rozema will direct the pic based on Jean Hegland’s novel of the same name.
Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood will play sisters in the film Into the Forest, an adaptation of Jean Hegland’s novel of the same name.
Patricia Rozema will direct the pic, which follows two sisters as they struggle to survive after the collapse of society in a not-too-distant future.
Page is also producing, along with Kelly Bush Novak and Sriram Das. Haroon (Boon) Saleem will executive producer and Kristina Sorensen as associate producer.
Page, who recently wrapped shooting the X-Men: Days of Future Past, was recently attached to Fox’s Queen and Country. She's repped by WME, Barnes Morris Klein Mark and Yorn, and Vie Entertainment.
Wood, who recently finished filming Andrew Fleming’s Barefoot, will next be seen in Charlie Countryman opposite Shia LaBeouf and in A Case of You opposite Justin Long. She's repped by CAA.
Rozema’s credits include 1999's Mansfield Park and 1995's When Night is Falling. She's represented by CAA.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
