Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy have worked together in front of the camera a couple of times now (biopic Louis Wain should be in cinemas next year), and they've decided to team up behind it as well. Cumberbatch will produce, and Foy produce and star in new novel adaptation Migrations.
Charlotte McConaghy's book follows Franny Stone, who is tracking what may be the final migration of Arctic terns. When she hustles her way onto a small vessel of misfit fishermen and embarks on an odyssey through stormy seas, her dark past of love, loss, crime and motherhood unfolds in an ode to the wild places in and around us, and the extreme lengths one will go to for the people they love.
"Charlotte has created an utterly unique and beautiful story with a compelling and fascinating woman at its heart," Foy says in a statement. "I couldn’t be more honoured or excited to help bring this truly remarkable novel to the screen." Following a bidding war, Cumberbatch's SunnyMarch company snapped up the adaptation rights, with the hunt now on for a writer to handle the adaptation – McConaghy has a degree in screenwriting, so there's a chance she'll handle that job herself.