Production started this week in Vancouver on Walt Disney Pictures’ Flora & Ulysses, directed by Lena Khan and based on the Newberry Award-winning children’s book, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo (buy here).
The film is being produced for the upcoming streaming service Disney+, which launches in the U.S. on November 12.
She currently stars on Broadway as Honor Carney in Jez Butterworth’s Tony Award-winning play, The Ferryman, directed by Sam Mendes.
Matilda Lawler steps into the role of Flora, marking her film debut.