![]() ![]() The Executive Producers are Rebecca Eaton, Simon Curtis, Eli Selden and Adam Shulman. The Chaperone is a coproduction of MASTERPIECE and Rose Pictures in association with Anonymous Content. “We’re honored to be working with the legendary Julian Fellowes, MASTERPIECE, and the entire team behind The Chaperone,” said Gary Hamilton, Managing Director of Arclight Films. “It is a thrill and an honor to be working with MASTERPIECE and Julian again on his beautiful adaptation of The Chaperone, and to be in the expert hands of director Michael Engler,” said McGovern. Julian Fellowes said, “I am absolutely delighted to be working with MASTERPIECE and Elizabeth McGovern on The Chaperone, based on Laura Moriarty's novel, which is captivating and beguiling and resonant in so many ways.” The Chaperone is a coproduction of MASTERPIECE and Rose Pictures, in association with Anonymous Content. The finance for The Chaperone is provided by Altus Media of which Paul Brett and John Fields are directors and for which Peter Nichols acts as a consultant. UTA Independent Film Group handled North America rights. PBS Distribution will distribute the film theatrically and to home entertainment markets in the U.S. Like Downton Abbey, The Chaperone is a beautifully told period drama set in a changing world, but now the setting is New York City.”Īrclight Films is financing and is handling international sales for The Chaperone. Speaking at the PBS Annual Meeting in San Diego, MASTERPIECE Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton said, “It feels so right to reunite Julian Fellowes, Elizabeth McGovern, and director Michael Engler for our first feature film. One of them is eager to fulfill her destiny of dance and movie stardom the other is on a mission to unearth the mysteries of her past. A Kansas woman (McGovern) is forever changed when she chaperones a beautiful and talented 15-year-old dancer (Julia Goldani Telles, The Affair) named Louise Brooks to New York for the summer. The Chaperone takes place against the backdrop of the tumultuous times of the early 1920’s. It will air on PBS stations nationwide after its initial theatrical run. The Chaperone, based on Laura Moriarty’s best-selling American novel, will be scripted by Julian Fellowes, directed by Michael Engler, and star Elizabeth McGovern, who played Lady Grantham in the hit series. "She’s not a witch or a supernatural thing," Burton tells Town & Country.San Diego, CA May 16, 2017-PBS and MASTERPIECE have announced that MASTERPIECE is producing its first feature film which will reunite the writer, director and star of Downton Abbey. "I trust the filmmakers and the producers that they felt they were telling the story in a way that they had to in three hours, rather than reading a novel."ĭespite the miniaturist's unusual physical appearance in the show, it's still somewhat ambiguous whether or not she has magical powers, but according to Burton, she is decidedly not clairvoyant. "I think on some levels it works because it’s more explanatory, and I hope that will satisfy people, but the point of the miniaturist for me is that she’s an outsider looking in and she’s sort of a teacher, and she’s a comment on perception," Burton says. "We felt that wasn’t right for this story and we didn’t want our audience to feel cheated,” Sinclair said, "so John has written a very beautiful scene where the two of them meet and Nella finds out more about who she is and why she’s doing what she’s doing." Burton reportedly gave her blessing for the addition to the adaptation. "The main character of the title, the Miniaturist, doesn’t appear a huge amount in the book and we felt that that was a slight oversight," executive producer, Kate Sinclair, told Radio Timesof the decision. Hence, actress Emily Berrington's mysterious portrayal. "For me, she was more of a symbol in the book, but I’m coming to learn that when you come to a more visual medium, you kind of have to draw those characters in more closely." "One of the predominant changes is the actual character of the miniaturist is shown," Burton tells Town & Country. ![]()
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