David Tennant had been reportedly attached to star in Retreat, and now Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has obtained the UK rights the film. Shooting was reported to have been originally scheduled to start in May in Canada, but now it could shoot sometime in the summer in North Wales:
Dave G Bishop, Head of Acquisitions, Northern Europe, SPHE, said, “We’re excited to be working with Magnet Films on this fantastic project. Carl Tibbets has written a thrilling script that keeps you guessing to the very end and with such great British acting talent attached, we’re confident the film will be both a critical and commercial success.”
Gary Sinyor, Managing Director, Magnet Films, added, “Retreat has the potential to be not just a crowd pleaser, but also a critical success based on the intelligent page-turner of a script and the marquee cast." [Screen Daily via David-Tennant.com]
