Simon Aboud, who last brought us 2012’s Comes A Bright Day, is kicking off production on his next film, This Beautiful Fantastic. And he’s rounded up another impressive cast, led by Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson.
They’re at the head of an ensemble that also features Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor and Sheila Hancock in the story of Bella Brown (Findlay), a young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating children’s books. But she’s dealing with various issues, including her abandonment as a child, her OCD and her dictatorial boss at the library.
Things start to change when her landlord orders her to deal with her neglected garden, which doesn’t exactly gel with a paralyzing fear of flora and fauna. But it brings her into contact with the cantankerous, loveless, rich old Alfie Stephenson (Wilkinson), who lives next door and just so happens to have the greenest thumbs around.
Described by its producers – including AMBI Pictures’ Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi alongside Christine Alderson and her Ipso Facto team – as a contemporary fairy tale, the film is shooting in London starting this week.