‘The Nightingale’ Film Launch Date Set; Michael Morris Directing
EXCLUSIVE: TriStar has set a brand new February 12, 2027 launch date for The Nightingale, its anticipated characteristic adaptation of Kristin Hannah‘s world bestselling work of historic fiction. Gestating for a while, the venture has regained traction for the primary time for the reason that pandemic, enlisting To Leslie‘s Michael Morris to direct.
Dakota and Elle Fanning are nonetheless set to star and produce, starring collectively on movie for the primary time, having first connected to the venture in 2019. Dana Stevens (The Girl King) penned the script, and Elizabeth Cantillon will produce for The Cantillon Firm, alongside the Fannings and Brittany Kahan Ward for Lewellen Photos, and Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter for Good day Sunshine. Nicole Brown and Shary Shirazi are overseeing for TriStar Photos.
Sources attributed the February 12, 2027 date to the truth that it’s an enormous occasion weekend, with the double vacation of Valentine’s Day that Sunday and President’s Day on Monday. Sunday, February 14 can also be Tremendous Bowl Sunday, which presents a possibility to counterprogram with a movie that already has a considerable built-in fanbase. The Nightingale may even be the primary massive female-skewing title of the 12 months because the schedule at the moment stands.
Promoting greater than 11 million copies worldwide since its 2015 debut after being translated into 45 languages, The Nightingale tells the story of two sisters who dare to embark on separate, harmful paths throughout World Warfare II within the battle for survival, love and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France.
The ebook hit No. 1 on the New York Occasions Greatest Sellers checklist and has spent a mixed 165 weeks on the checklist throughout codecs, additionally dominating NPR’s fiction chart for 45 weeks and being named a Reese’s E-book Membership Choose. In March 2025, a particular tenth Anniversary Version bought to No. 2 on the NYT hardcover checklist, and already this 12 months, the ebook has bought one million copies.
The Nightingale has had a decently lengthy journey to the display, starting with TriStar’s transfer to lock down movie rights in 2015, with Ann Peacock approaching to put in writing and Cantillon to supply. (The latter has been with the venture ever since.) Author-director Michelle MacLaren and co-writer John Sayles connected to a later iteration, with the Fannings initially approaching to star in a model helmed by Mélanie Laurent from Stevens’ script. Simply when it appeared just like the venture would get off the bottom, the Covid pandemic resulted in quite a few delays, with Laurent stepping again to take care of different tasks within the interim.
A two-time Emmy nominee recognized for his directing on sequence like Higher Name Saul, 13 Causes Why and Kingdom, Morris directed Andrea Riseborough to her first Oscar nomination together with his characteristic directorial debut, the indie drama To Leslie. His follow-up venture on the characteristic facet was Bridget Jones: Mad In regards to the Boy, which loved acclaim in addition to worldwide field workplace success, surpassing $100M globally whereas premiering on Peacock solely within the U.S. He’s repped by UTA and legal professional Erik Hyman at Paul Hastings.
Dakota Fanning will subsequent be seen starring reverse Sarah Snook in Peacock’s upcoming sequence All Her Fault. Elle Fanning, in the meantime, is subsequent set to seem in twin roles in Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands, out November 7, and in a starring function alongside Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgard in Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Worth, the winner of Cannes’ Grand Prix, which is out in restricted launch through Neon on the identical day.
The Fannings are repped by UTA, TFC Administration and HJTH. Hannah is represented by CAA and Jane Rotrosen Company.