by FilmInk Staff
“Devotion is a love story for the ages, a burgeoning classic about desire, connection, and our need to belong,” said producer Jessica Carrera on behalf of Dollhouse Pictures, a production company she co-founded with Krew Boylan, Rose Byrne, Shannon Murphy and Gracie Otto. “The characters in the pages of Hannah’s beautifully crafted novel and their screen potential have lingered with us all for so long. It’s a thrill to have a wonderfully ambitious production and creative team involved.”
“We both fell in love with Devotion the minute we read it, and we believe it will make a magnificent feature film,” added Storyd producers Deanne Weir and Olivia Humphrey. “Hannah is a magical writer, and we have already seen the beauty of her screenwriting through our involvement in her much-anticipated screenplay Run Rabbit Run. We are delighted to work with the Dollhouse team again following our partnership on Seriously Red.”
Devotion is a period piece, a haunting love story set in Prussia 1836, and then in a fictionalised version of South Australia’s Germanic town of Hahndorf. Its themes touch on religion, friendship and a love between two women.
“I could not be more thrilled that Dollhouse Pictures and Storyd have sought the film rights to Devotion,” said Kent, who is writing the screenplay. “Their commitment to female-driven storytelling and exploring the parameters of creative possibility makes them a perfect production team for this novel. I am so looking forward to developing the screenplay – it’s an absolute honour to be able to work with them and I am very excited to see what comes of their vision.”
No casting or director announcements have been made yet.
