‘The Nightingale,’ Starring Elle and Dakota Fanning, Pushed

TriStar’s “The Nightingale,” starring Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning, was pushed one other yr and can now be launched on December 23, 2022, Sony introduced on Friday.

“The Nightingale,” which was in preproduction earlier than worldwide movie shoots halted final March, was initially because of be launched on Christmas Day 2020. It was then pushed and was scheduled to be launched this yr on December 22.

In December 2019, TheWrap solely reported that Mélanie Laurent (“Galveston”) would direct the interval drama from a script by Dana Stevens. Elizabeth Cantillon was to provide by way of her manufacturing firm The Cantillon Company. Based on Kristin Hannah’s worldwide best-seller of the identical identify, “Nightingale” marks the primary time the Fannings will play sisters on display screen.

“The Nightingale” follows two sisters coming of age in France on the eve of World War II and their wrestle to outlive the German occupation of France. The story is impressed by the brave girls of the French Resistance who helped downed Allied airmen escape Nazi-occupied territory and hid Jewish youngsters.

Hannah’s e-book turned a success after it was revealed in 2015. It has since been revealed in 45 languages and offered greater than 3.5 million copies within the U.S. alone. It has turn into No. 1 New York Times best-seller and spent a complete of 114 weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers List. It was additionally named one of the best e-book of the yr by BuzzFeed, iTunes, Library Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Goodreads and others.