THE IMPOSSIBLE (The Tsunami Movie With Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor) is Coming Soon
Ewan McGregor
Summit Entertainment has acquired the rights to the upcoming movie “The Impossible” which stars Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. “The Impossible” is based on a true story of events that took place during the Christmas Tsunami that struck Thailand in 2004.
According to THR, Summit has nabbed most of the worldwide rights to the film with the exception of distribution in Spain where Warner Brothers maintains the rights. The film will begin production in Spain in August before eventually moving to Thailand sometime in October.
In acquiring the rights to “The Impossible”, Summit now owns the rights to two upcoming films starring Naomi Watts after nabbing the rights to “Fair Game” last week. Summit will distribute “Fair Game” in North America and other territories. “Fair Game” will debut later this month at the Cannes Film Festival and sees Watts starring alongside Sean Penn as an outed undercover CIA operative.
Thailand’s Bang Sak beach in Khao Lak is all the buzz as set work has started for the upcoming Hollywood movie ‘The Impossible.’
With a script by Sergio Sanchez and Director Juan Antonio Bayona leading the way, the epic finds its roots in a true story during the 2004 Asian tsunami.
Set to hit Khao Lak’s beaches include stars Ewan McGregor who is best known for his roles in Trainspotting and Star Wars – Attack of the Clones. Add in actress Naomi Watts who was nominated for an Academy Award for the film 21 Grams.
A recent site visit to Bang Sak by thephuketinsider.com saw excited local residents humming about the activity and some preliminary set work underway.
The film has been filming in Spain and will move locations to Greater Phuket over the next month or so. A release date of 2011 has been reported.