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There have been (at least) four TV versions, four film versions, Broadway plays and musical versions, other projects with titles like Return To… and Back From…., even a 2017 Steampunk version, for God’s sake. Did we really need yet another Secret Garden?  Oh, why not? This time around, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s…

Sky has acquired rights to Marc Munden's The Secret Garden from Studiocanal. The plan is for the film to be released in cinemas and on Sky Cinema on 23 October across the UK and Ireland. Studiocanal had already moved the film from April 3 to August 14 due to the pandemic and now it moves again. Directed by Marc Munden…

EXCLUSIVE: The UK arm of European studio Studiocanal is shuttering its London office “as a precautionary measure” in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The office will close for an initial period of two weeks starting Monday 16 March, the company confirmed. Teams are expected to work remotely with communication…

Dame Julie Walters, the two-time Oscar-nominated British actress, has said that she plans to cut her workload after undergoing treatment for bowel cancer. The Harry Potter and Mamma Mia! star told the BBC that she was diagnosed with stage three cancer in her intestine in 2017 and underwent surgery and chemotherapy to…

Here’s a first teaser trailer for Studiocanal and Heyday Films’ update of kids classic The Secret Garden, starring Colin Firth, Julie Walters and Dixie Egerickx as Mary Lennox who discovers a magical and mysterious garden. Pic tells the story of Lennox, a prickly and unloved 10-year-old girl, born in India to wealthy…

STXfilms has secured the North American distribution rights to Studiocanal/Heyday Films’ The Secret Garden, the Marc Munden-directing family adventure film starring Colin Firth, Julie Walters, and young actress Dixie Egerickx as Mary Lennox. Based on classic children's novel of the same name written by Frances Hodgson…

Studiocanal kicked off its CineEurope presentation here in Barcelona today showcasing some of the European studio's local-language fare as well as Marjane Satrapi's Marie Curie biopic Radioactive and family titles including sequel Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and the David Heyman-produced The Secret Garden. The…

Adding to the first projects under the recently rebranded Global Road Entertainment, the company has acquired North American distribution rights to The Secret Garden. Directed by Marc Munden from a script written by Jack Thorne, the film is financed and sold by Studiocanal and produced by Heyday Films’ David Heyman…

Principal photography is getting underway Monday on Studiocanal and Heyday Films’ The Secret Garden with Colin Firth and Julie Walters starring. As Deadline revealed in January, Marc Munden is directing the new take on the classic children's novel. Jack Thorne adapted the book for the big screen and has moved the…

EXCLUSIVE: Heyday Films and Studiocanal’s new take on the classic children’s novel The Secret Garden has found its director. Marc Munden will helm from a script penned by Jack Thorne. Shooting starts in the spring with Studiocanal fully financing. David Heyman will produce via his Heyday banner with the company’s…

EXCLUSIVE: David Heyman and StudioCanal are reteaming for a feature film adaptation of the classic family book The Secret Garden. Heyman will produce with Rosie Alison through his Heyday Films banner. They have tapped Jack Thorne, arguably the UK’s most in-demand writer, to adapt Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved…