When you score an Oscar nomination at the age of 9, as Quvenzhané Wallis did for the fantastical Beasts of the Southern Wild, people tend to notice. And with the title role in Screen Gems’ flashy Annie redo this December, the young actress doesn’t look to be stepping away from the spotlight anytime soon. Recently, Wallis signed on to star in Counting By 7s, to be adapted from the bestseller of the same name.
Holly Goldberg Sloan’s acclaimed novel centers on an academically gifted young girl named Willow Chance, who is challenged when both of her parents are unexpectedly killed in an auto accident. After being taken in by an unlikely foster family and an unfit guidance counselor, Willow rises above her grief and fear to build a community that nurtures her even as she works to brighten it.
Said Wallis in an official statement:
“I am honored to...
Holly Goldberg Sloan’s acclaimed novel centers on an academically gifted young girl named Willow Chance, who is challenged when both of her parents are unexpectedly killed in an auto accident. After being taken in by an unlikely foster family and an unfit guidance counselor, Willow rises above her grief and fear to build a community that nurtures her even as she works to brighten it.
Said Wallis in an official statement:
“I am honored to...
- 10/6/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
EW has confirmed that Quvenzhané Wallis is attached to star in The Mazur/Kaplan Company and Olympus Pictures' big-screen adaptation Holly Goldberg Sloan's bestselling novel, Counting By 7s. Deadline first reported the news. Wallis will play the novel's central character, Willow Chance, a young girl who rebuilds her life with a surrogate family after her parents are killed in a car accident. After her Oscar-nominated turn in Beasts of the Southern Wild, Wallis has had a full schedule, having just wrapped production on Fathers and Daughters, a drama with Aaron Paul and Amanda Seyfried, and providing her voice in animated film The Prophet,...
- 9/30/2014
- by Teresa Jue
- EW - Inside Movies
Exclusive: The Mazur/Kaplan Company and Olympus Pictures have optioned Holly Goldberg Sloan’s bestselling novel Counting By 7s. They’ve attached Oscar-nominated Beasts Of The Southern Wild star Quvenzhané Wallis and will build the movie around her. The bestseller centers on Willow Chance, a bright young girl who, after the death of her adoptive parents, is taken in by an unlikely surrogate family and an unfit guidance counselor. In the wake of tremendous loss, she rises to build a community that she heals and that heals her.
“I am honored to play the role of Willow in Counting by 7s,” Wallis said. “I love the message behind the story. I am excited to be a part of it and to see it come to life.” Wallis just wrapped her first big studio film in the musical Annie, and also will star in the upcoming adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet,...
“I am honored to play the role of Willow in Counting by 7s,” Wallis said. “I love the message behind the story. I am excited to be a part of it and to see it come to life.” Wallis just wrapped her first big studio film in the musical Annie, and also will star in the upcoming adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet,...
- 9/30/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
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