COME AWAY (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted), David Oyelowo (Selma), Keira Chansa (film debut), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), Jordan Nash (Dom Hemingway), Anna Chancellor (How I Live Now), Clarke Peters (Da 5 Bloods), Michael Caine (The Italian Job), David Gyasi (Interstellar), Derek Jacobi (Gosford Park), Jenny Galloway (The Clandestine Marriage), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (Christopher Robin), Damian O’Hare (The Broken), Reece Yates (film debut), Ned Dennehy (Calm With Horses)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Brenda Chapman (Brave), director; Marissa Kate Goodhill (film debut), writer; Leesa Kahn (Kokoda: 39th Battalion), Andrea Keir (film debut), David Oyelowo (A United Kingdom), Steve Richards (Botched) and James Spring (Finding Your Feet), producers; John Debney (The Jungle Book), composer; Jules O’Loughlin (Sanctum), cinematographer; Dody Dorn (Memento), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Siblings Peter (Nash) and Alice (Chansa) let their blissful imaginations run wild over a summer in the English countryside, accompanied by their older brother David (Yates) and encouraged by their loving parents Jack (Oyelowo) and Rose (Jolie). However, when tragedy strikes, Peter and Alice decide to go on an adventure in order to help their grief-stricken and financially-struggling parents, which takes them to the fantastical worlds of Wonderland and Neverland…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The timeless stories of Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland combine in an original and highly imaginative family adventure that brings out the best in both tales, and may even offer some magical surprises of its own.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH DECEMBER 2020 (IN CINEMAS)

 

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