Following its Cannes first-look debut earlier this year, the animated feature project The Land of Sometimes announces that comedy icon Mel Brooks (Space Balls, Blazing Saddles) and Asa Butterfield (Sex Education, Ender’s Game) have joined the voice cast. The U.K. film is produced by Two Daughters Entertainment and Nottage Productions, based on the audiobook by Francesca Longrigg.
Brooks and Butterfield join pre-Cannes cast additions Henwick (Glass Onion) and Alisha Weir (Abigail), as well as previously announced stars Ewan McGregor (Star Wars franchise, Christopher Robin), Helena Bonham Carter (Harry Potter franchise, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland), and the late Terry Jones (Monty Python) in one of his last roles.
Synopsis: On Christmas Eve, twins Alfie and Elise are given a watch by their mother, which they realize is a special gift that originally belonged to their father who is missing at war. But this is no ordinary watch, it’s a Wish Watch!
That evening they are visited by The Wish Collector, an enigmatic and energetic character who whisks them away on a journey to The Land of Sometimes, an incredible place where all four seasons pass in just one day. Throughout this magical, musical adventure, the twins will discover a strange world, filled with the most unusual and charismatic creatures, but will also learn that they’ll need to be careful what they wish for…
The Land of Sometimes is directed by Leon Joosen (Moley, Saving Santa) from a screenplay by producer Tony Nottage (Saving Santa). Somu Mohapatra, CEO of Cosmo-Giantwheel Animation Studios, is head of animation on the project. Executive producers are Bonnie Arnold (How to Train Your Dragon), Alan Yentob (Billy Elliott), Two Daughters’ CEO James Reatchlous and Managing Director Simon Bobin and Kaleidoscope CEO Spencer Pollard.
[Source: Variety]
