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Hathaway: 'End of Oak Street' script unlike anything she'd read
Anne Hathaway is a famous actress who is in a brand-new movie called The End of Oak Street.
She decided to be in it because she loved a scary movie called It Follows, made by the same director, David Robert Mitchell.
Years ago, she asked to meet him for lunch, and they talked for three hours, but then she did not hear from him for eight years.
Suddenly, a script arrived out of nowhere, and Hathaway said it was unlike anything she had ever read.
The movie is about a family called the Platt family whose whole street gets pulled out of their town by a mysterious cosmic event.
The street lands in a strange, unknown place, and the family must stay together to survive.
Hathaway says the story is about family members learning to trust, rely on, and care for each other.
She has already seen the finished movie and says it is a perfect summer movie.
Other actors in the film include Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, and Christian Convery.
The film opens in India on August 14.
Anne Hathaway stars as Denise Platt in 'The End of Oak Street,' an original adventure written and directed by David Robert Mitchell.
Hathaway sought to work with Mitchell after loving his 2014 horror film 'It Follows,' but waited eight years for the script to arrive.
The story follows the Platt family after a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street out of suburbia and transports the neighborhood to an unknown place.
Hathaway called the script 'incredible' and unlike anything she'd ever read, and praised the finished film as 'a perfect summer movie.'
The film also stars Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella and Christian Convery, and is set to release in India on August 14.
- Who
- Anne Hathaway (as Denise Platt), alongside Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella and Christian Convery, with writer-director David Robert Mitchell; produced by J.J. Abrams and others.
- What
- The upcoming original adventure film 'The End of Oak Street,' in which a cosmic event transports the Platt family's street to an unknown place where survival depends on staying together.
- Where
- Los Angeles, where Hathaway and Mitchell first met for lunch; the film's India release was announced for August 14.
- When
- Releasing in India on August 14; Hathaway first sought to work with Mitchell about a decade ago after seeing 'It Follows' in 2014.
- Why
- Hathaway joined because she admired Mitchell's 'It Follows,' and the script arrived unexpectedly eight years later, which she described as unlike anything she had ever read.
Key facts
- Film title
- The End of Oak Street
- Writer/Director
- David Robert Mitchell
- Lead cast
- Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, Christian Convery
- Hathaway's role
- Denise Platt
- Producers
- J.J. Abrams, Hannah Minghella, Jon Cohen, David Robert Mitchell, Matt Jackson, Tommy Harper
- Presented by
- Warner Bros. Pictures in association with Bad Robot and Jackson Pictures
- India release date
- August 14
- Premise
- A cosmic event transports the Platt family's street from suburbia to an unknown place
Quotes
Anne Hathaway
American actress known for roles such as "The Princess Diaries" and "The Devil Wears Prada"
“For my involvement in this movie, you actually have to go back a decade to when I saw David Robert Mitchell’s film It Follows. I just loved it so much that I called my representatives and I said, ‘I think this director is really special, do you think I could please have a meeting with him?’ And he and I met for lunch in Los Angeles, and we wound up talking for like three hours. And we just had this really wonderful connection, and I left that meeting thinking he's going to call, I’m going to do…”
telegraphindia.com
“It really focused on human drama as this thing happens to the family, that forces them together, forces them to open up, to trust each other, to rely on each other, and to really value each other in a way that maybe they hadn’t had an opportunity to do in a long time. And it teaches them where their hearts really are.”
telegraphindia.com
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