''Cottontail'' is an upcoming drama film written and directed by Patrick Dickinson.

Premise

A widower and his son travel from

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

to England's

Lake District The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or ''fells''), and its associations with William Wordswor ...

to scatter his wife's ashes there, having grown up loving the stories of Beatrix Potter.

Cast

* Lily Franky as Kenzaburo * Ryo Nishikido as Toshi * Tae Kimura as Akiko * Rin Takanashi as Satsuki * Ciarán Hinds as John *

Aoife Hinds Aoife ( , ) is an Irish feminine given name. The name is probably derived from the Irish Gaelic ''aoibh'', which means "beauty" or "radiance". It has been compared to the Gaulish name ''Esvios'' (Latinized ''Esuvius'', feminine ''Esuvia''), which ...

as Mary

Production

It was announced in November 2019 that Ken Watanabe, Ralph Fiennes, Jessie Buckley and Dai Watanabe had been cast in the film. Filming was set take place between

and England beginning in the fall of 2020. In April 2021, the previously announced cast, minus Buckley, had exited the film, with Lily Franky, Ciarán Hinds, Ryo Nishikido, Tae Kimura and Rin Takanashi now set to star. Filming took place in June 2021. Late 2022, it was announced that Ciarán Hinds's daughter

had replaced Buckley.

References

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External links

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- WestEnd Films
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at the Internet Movie Database British drama films Upcoming English-language films Films about grieving Films set in Japan Upcoming films Films shot in England Films shot in Japan Beatrix Potter