James McAvoy, Lucas Bravo, Aisling Franciosi and Almudena Amor set for thriller ‘Turn Up The Sun!’, filming underway in UK – AFM

EXCLUSIVE:James McAvoy (X-Men franchise), Lucas Bravo (Emily in Paris), Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale) and Almudena Amor (The good boss) is set for a thriller Bring on the sun! which began production in the UK under an Equity PACT agreement.

Sales organization The syndicate is responsible for worldwide sales and will present the project at the AFM.

Written and directed by Welsh filmmaker Jamie Adams (Swartberg poet), BAFTA winner McAvoy leads the ensemble cast about two couples who accidentally book the same country house for a weekend of work and fun, only to discover that things may not be as they seem.

Shaun Sanghani is financing through his SSS Film Capital credit facility and will produce through SSS Entertainment with Cara Shine Ballarini and Rebecca Miller and their production company Good Pals. The trio produced the winner of the 2021 SXSW Grand Jury The consequences with Jenna Ortega, acquired by Warner Bros. This is their third feature film together.

Sanghani told us: “James McAvoy is one of the most talented actors in the industry and it’s exciting to have him and the rest of our amazing cast working with Jamie Adams, who we’re lucky enough to be working with again for a second film. ” .”

Divide And The last king of Scotland Star McAvoy will next be seen in Legendary’s The Book of Clarence before reuniting with Blumhouse and starring in the upcoming film Don’t say anything bad. As we revealed last week, he’s making his film debut in a film about two Scottish kids from Dundee who swindle the international music industry by adopting American accents and posing as established Californian rap duo Silibil N’ Brains.

McAvoy is repped by United Agents, UTA and Sloane Offer. Bravo is repped by WME, Definition Entertainment’s Nick Styne and Morris Yorn. Franciosi is repped by WME, United Agents and Barry Littman at Hansen Jacobson et al. represent. Almudena Amor is represented by Diana Ellerker.