HanWay Films Boards Comedy Drama ‘Sweet Sue’ Starring ‘White Line’s’ Maggie O’Neill, ‘Rogue One’s’ Tony Pitts

HanWay Movies have picked up comedy drama “Candy Sue” from newcomer Leo Leigh with gross sales set to start on the European Movie Market in Berlin.

Consumers may even be handled to footage on the market. A primary look picture of “White Line’s” Maggie O’Neill, who performs the starring function of Sue, is above.

In “Candy Sue”, which wrapped manufacturing Dec. 2021, O’Neill performs a lady who embarks on a relationship with a mysterious biker known as Ron after assembly at a funeral. However Ron’s son Anthony, a social media influencer who additionally has his personal dance troupe, is greater than she bargained for.

Tony Pitts (“Rogue One”) performs Ron within the movie whereas Harry Trevaldwyn, who is ready to seem on the upcoming U.Ok. adaptation of “Name My Agent,” takes on the function of Anthony.

Becoming a member of them are Nick Holder (“London Highway”), Anna Calder-Marshall (“Final Christmas”), Paul Hilton (“Woman Macbeth”), Hannah Walters (“Boiling Level”), Jeff Rawle (“Rebecca”), Johann Myers (“Small Axe”), Amaka Okafor (“Upon the Edge”), Anthony Adjekum (“Starred Up”) and Anna Francolini (“Emma”).

Whereas “Candy Sue” is Leigh’s debut characteristic, the author and director has beforehand labored as a cinematographer and photographer on tasks together with “Stunning Liverpool” and “Swansea Love Story.” He wrote and directed BIFA nominated brief “Mom” and Channel 4’s “Typically Chinese language.”

“Candy Sue” is a Somesuch, SUMS Movie & Media manufacturing for BBC Movie. It’s produced by BAFTA Award winner Scott O’Donnell (“Surge”), Andy Brunskill (“Sweetheart”) and Tim Nash (“House”). It was financed by BBC Movie (govt produced by Eva Yates) and Somesuch (govt produced by Sally Campbell), with finance accomplished by govt producers Oliver Ridge, Safitri Widagdo, Katherine Moseley, Piers Hunt, Pietro Greppi, and Set off Movies.

“It’s nice to be working with HanWay, BBC Movie, Somesuch and SUMS on this undertaking,” Leigh mentioned in a press release. “All movies are a collaboration and that is no exception. The workforce we assembled to make ‘Candy Sue’ in entrance and behind the digital camera have been superb to work with. I’m tremendous excited for folks to see what we’ve been as much as.”

HanWay Movies MD Gabrielle Stewart added: “’Candy Sue’ is a well timed human story about life-choices, love and on a regular basis struggles that may resonate with patrons the world over in search of a British movie with an enormous coronary heart. We’re at all times thrilled to be working with proficient British auteurs like Leo Leigh.”

Eva Yates, govt producer for BBC Movie, mentioned: “We’re excited to be a part of this fantastically realised debut with stellar performances from the fantastic solid. Leo has constructed on the promise of his excellent shorts and documentaries to convey us this humorous and astute movie that’s positive to attraction to audiences far and extensive.”

Leigh, O’Neill and Pitts are repped by Unbiased Expertise, Trevaldwyn and Francolini by United Brokers, Holder by Conway Van Gelder Grant, Calder-Marshall by The Artist Partnership, Hilton and Walters by Unbiased Expertise and Rawle by Gordon & French.