LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) –
Summit Entertainment has added a second Naomi Watts feature to its release slate, with the announcement that it has picked up most worldwide rights to “The Impossible,” in which Watts co-stars with Ewan McGregor.
The film is based on a true story that took place during the 2004 tsunami that hit the coast of Thailand.
The independent studio last week acquired rights for North America and several other territories to Doug Liman‘s “Fair Game,” in which Watts stars as outed CIA undercover operative Valerie Plame Wilson opposite Sean Penn. That film will debut at the Cannes festival later this month.
“Impossible,” which Juan Antonio Bayona is directing from a script by Sergio G. Sanchez, begins filming in August in Alicante, Spain, before moving to Thailand in October.
Bayona and Sanchez previously collaborated on “The Orphanage,” which Bayona directed and Sanchez wrote.
Summit has acquired worldwide rights to “The Impossible,” with the exception of Spain, where Warner Bros. will distribute the film.
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