Following her Golden Globe and SAG nominations this week, Gillian Anderson has set her next project – she will star in “World War Z” and “Monster’s Ball” director Marc Forster’s “White Bird: A Wonder Story” at Lionsgate.
The story follows a young Jewish girl hidden away by a boy and his family in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Anderson will play Vivienne, the family matriarch who must make unimaginable choices.
The title ties the project to 2017’s “Wonder” with this said to be a “creative companion” to that film. Mark Bomback (“War For The Planet of the Apes”) adapted the script from R.J. Palacio’s graphic novel.
Shooting kicks off in the Czech Republic later this month. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman produce.
Source: Deadline