{"id":1196144,"date":"2022-09-01T08:02:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T08:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/01\/martin-freeman-to-star-in-the-horror-queen-of-bones\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T08:02:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T08:02:10","slug":"martin-freeman-to-star-in-the-horror-queen-of-bones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/01\/martin-freeman-to-star-in-the-horror-queen-of-bones\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Freeman to star in the horror \u2018Queen of Bones\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Martin Freeman has been cast in the horror film \u201cQueen of Bones\u201d.<\/p>\n
The 50-year-old actor has been tapped to lead the flick alongside Julia Butters, Jacob Tremblay and Taylor Schilling.<\/p>\n
The movie has entered production in Canada and is being directed by Robert Budreau from a script by Michael Burgner. <\/p>\n
Appian Way, Lumanity Productions and Productivity Media are all developing the picture.<\/p>\n
\u201cQueen of Bones\u201d tells the story of twin siblings Lily (Butters) and Sam (Tremblay) who live at a remote home with their widowed father Malcolm (Freeman) in 1930s Oregon.<\/p>\n
When Lily and Sam find an Icelandic spell book in the cellar, the pair begin to suspect a connection between their mother\u2019s death and dark forces in the woods.<\/p>\n
They then embark on a dangerous mission to force their father and his friend, Ida May (Schilling), to reveal the truth about her passing.<\/p>\n
Budreau said: \u201cI am thrilled to be working with such a stellar cast to bring this amazing Depression-era folk horror script to life. And I\u2019m equally excited to be collaborating with Appian Way and my past partners at Productivity Media.\u201d<\/p>\n
Producer William G Santor added: \u201cWe are so happy to be back in business with Robert as director on another film for Productivity Media.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has a great creative voice, and we are thrilled to be on this journey with him and our award-winning and collaborative partners at Appian Way.\u201d<\/p>\nMartin Freeman and John Callen in a scene from \u2018The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Photo: AP\/Warner Bros. Pictures, Mark Pokorny<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Freeman is known for his roles in \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d trilogy and \u201cLove Actually\u201d and he revealed that he would \u201cconsider\u201d directing a film.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cIt\u2019s something that I would consider. <\/p>\n
\u201cI do think about it. I change with it, really. <\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes when I\u2019m on set and I see what a director does, I look at it and go, \u2018yeah, I could do that. I\u2019d be right with this part of it\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n