Matthew MacFadyen Joins Seance On A Wet Afternoon Cast

Award winning British actor Matthew Macfadyen (Succession, Deadpool, Death by Lightning) has joined the cast for Tomas Alfredson‘s Seance On A Wet Afternoon.

The film itself has also started production  with the principal photography kicking off things in the UK.

MacFayden also joins Rachel Weisz (The Favourite, The Constant Gardener) as co-lead.

Swedish filmmaker Alfredson  will always  be known for his visually films Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Let The Right One In. Seance On A Wet Afternoon will be based on  a script from Emmy award-winning Jack Thorne (Adolescence).

Thus is a remake of the 1964 Bryan Forbes film of the same name  (based on a Mark McShane novel) which  starred Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough.

The official Synopsis for  the film: Myra, a self-proclaimed medium, convinces her husband Billy to kidnap the son of a wealthy family so she can lead the police to the “missing” child and legitimize her psychic abilities. When Myra’s true intentions come to light, however, Billy realizes her plan threatens to consume them both.

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Seance On A Wet Afternoon is an Element Pictures and Astral Projection production, produced by Robyn Slovo; Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe (for Element Pictures (a Fremantle company)), and Polly Stokes and Rachel Weisz (for Astral Projection). The project is a part of Astral Projection’s first-look and development deal with Fremantle. Film4 and Fremantle financed the film. Executive producers are Jack Thorne, Matthew Macfadyen, Farhana Bhula and David Kimbangi for Film4.

FilmNation Entertainment are handling international sales, with UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance handling the domestic rights.

Creatives include director of photography Marcell Rév (Euphoria), BAFTA award-winning production designer Jacqueline Abrahams (The Lobster), costume designer Sarah Blenkinsop (All Of Us Strangers), Academy award-nominated hair and make up designer Daniel Phillips (Victoria & Abdul) and casting director Jina Jay (The Night Manager).