‘WILLOW' STAR ELLIE BAMBER JOINS LEGENDARY'S ‘ANIMAL FRIENDS'

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary has cast Ellie Bamber in Animal Friends, a star-studded feature combining live-action and animated characters from writing duo Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider. Peter Atencio is set to direct the R-rated Road trip adventure.

Bamber joins Ryan Reynolds, Jason Momoa, Aubrey Plaza, Daniel Levy, Addison Rae, and Lil Rel Howery in the movie. Producing alongside Legendary are Reynolds' Maximum Effort and producer Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios. Visual effects and animation will be provided by leading visual entertainment services company, DNEG. The idea for the film came from a general meeting between Burrows and Mider and Maximum Effort executive, Patrick Gooing.

Bamber was most recently seen in LucasFilm's eight-part series Willow for Disney+. She will soon commence shooting the upcoming feature film Moss & Freud with Derek Jacobi, playing the lead role of Kate Moss. Ellie's leading TV credits include BBC / Netflix thriller The Serpent alongside Billy Howle and Tahar Rahim; the iconic role of Mandy Rice-Davies in The Trial of Christine Keeler and Cosette in Les Misérables alongside Dominic West and Olivia Coleman, both for BBC.

Bamber is represented by United Talent Agency and Curtis Brown Group.

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