Rogue One star Felicity Jones has signed up for the animated movie Dragon Rider, a family adventure which will be directed by Tomer Eshed. Variety first broke the news.
Based on Cornelia Funke’s bestselling novel of the same name, the story follows Firedrake, a young silver dragon; Sorrel, a mountain spirit; and Ben, an orphaned boy. The unlikely band searches in the Himalayas for the Rim of Heaven, which can offer sanctuary for Firedrake’s kin, whose valley is made uninhabitable by a dam.
Patrick Stewart, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Freddie Highmore, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Nonso Anozie co-stars in the film which is one of the biggest animation projects out of Europe in recent times.
Timeless Films, who is handling worldwide sales, has already sold Dragon Rider to a host of international territories and is in Cannes with the film.
Johnny Smith (Gnomeo & Juliet) wrote the movie which will launch in the fall of 2019.
