In recent months, we have seen how the number of movies that Apple is producing is being very high, higher than even the number of series. The latest news related to the films that will arrive exclusively on Apple TV + is related to the actress Kiera Knightley.
According to the Deadline medium, the streaming video service has taken over the rights to the film The Essex Serpent, a period drama starring Knightley, an adaptation of the novel by Sarah Perry that tells the story of Cora, a widow trapped by the story of a mythical creature in a small town.
Following the death of her husband in 1893, Cora moved from Victorian London to a small town of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by the local superstition of a creature known as the Essex Serpent who has returned to the area.
Knightly will not only be part of the cast, but also, will also be part of the production together with See-Saw Films, the same production company that produced the The king's speech and the series Top of the Lake.
The Essex Serpent adds to Slow horse y Suspicion, two other films coming out of the UK for Apple's streaming video service and featuring They will star Gary Oldman and Uma Thurman respectively.
Kiera knightley has been nominated for best actress to the Oscars of the Academy of Hollywood and the Golden Globes for his role in the films Pride and Prejudice y Deciphering Enigma (The Imitation Game).
He has participated in several films of the saga Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack Ryan: Operation Shadow, Love Actually, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace… Kiera Knightley was born in 1985, in London where she currently resides.