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O'Hara, McAvoy, Dinklage, and Grant Join Stone Village Pictures and Type A-Film's Penelope Los Angeles – January 10, 2006 – James McAvoy (The Chronicles of Narnia), Catherine O’Hara (A Mighty Wind), Peter Dinklage (The Station Agent) and Richard E. Grant (“The Scarlet Pimpernel”) have joined the cast of Scott Steindorff’s Stone Village Pictures and Reese Witherspoon’s Type-A Films’ feature PENELOPE, starring Christina Ricci in the title role and Witherspoon in a special supporting role. The original script by Leslie Caveny (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) is a modern day offbeat fable about a young woman, Penelope, who suffers from a “curse,” but sets out to end her life-long streak of bad luck and find her true self. Mark Palansky, who directed the award-winning short films "Shutter" and "The Same" will make his feature film directing debut. Reese Witherspoon, Scott Steindorff and Jennifer Simpson from Witherspoon'sType-A films will produce. Shaun Reddick at ICM brought the project to Stone Village VP Dylan Russell, who will serve as the film’s executive producer. McAvoy will play Maxwell Campion, Penelope’s love interest in the film. The actor can currently be seen as Mr. Tumnus in the blockbuster The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. His other credits include Wimbledon, BBC’s “State of Play” and the upcoming Starter for Ten and The Last King of Scotland. O’Hara and Grant will co-star as Jessica and Franklin Wilhern, Penelope’s parents . O’Hara, the Emmy-winning actress was recently seen in Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, as well as Christopher Guest’s A Mighty Wind, Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman. She will soon appear in Monster House and Guest’s For Your Consideration. Grant starred in the lauded mini-series “The Scarlet Pimpernel” and has appeared in such noted films as Bright Young Things, The Portrait of a Lady, The Age of Innocence and L.A. Story. He recently lended his voice to Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. Dinklage was nominated for Independent Spirit and Screen Actors Guild awards for his breakthrough performance in The Station Agent. Other credits include The Baxter, Elf and Sidney Lumet’s upcoming Find Me Guilty. Dinklage will star as Lemon, a reporter obsessed with photographing Penelope. PENELOPE is set to begin shooting this month in the United Kingdom. Stone Village will finance the picture. This will be the first in a slate of upcoming films financed by Stone Village. According to producer Scott Steindorff, "Leslie Caveny has written a wonderful script and we couldn’t be happier to have James, Catherine and Peter joining Christina and Reese in lending their considerable talents to the project.” Stone Village will finance pictures on a selective basis, coming from a fiscally conservative approach. Stone Village partners include Scott Steindorff, Andrew Molasky, Danny and Robin Greenspun. Steindorff recently wrapped the John Stockwell-helmed feature "Turistas" and was nominated for an Emmy as an Executive Producer for HBO's "Empire Falls," which received 10 Emmy nominations, including Best Miniseries, as well as several Golden Globe nominations including Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television. Other forthcoming Stone Village features include "Love in the Time of Cholera" and "The Tortilla Curtain." Founded in 1999 by Reese Witherspoon, Type A Films is a feature film production company whose initial project was Legally Blonde II: Red, White & Blonde. The company is developing a slate of pictures including the Paramount thriller, The Reckoning. McAvoy is repped by Ruth Young at Peters, Fraser & Dunlop in the U.K. and Theresa Peters at William Morris Agency. O’Hara is repped by Toni Howard at ICM. Richard E. Grant is repped by Harriet Robinson and Chris Andrews at ICM. Dinklage is repped by manager David Ginsberg at Turnpike Entertainment. |
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