Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark onboards supernatural horror film Starve Acre

Well-known British actor Matt Smith and Welsh actor Morfydd Clark are onboard to headline the upcoming supernatural horror film Starve Acre, written and directed by Daniel Kokotajlo.

Based on the novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre is described as a tale about the “inherited trauma and loss within a world ruled by supernatural folklore”.

It follows a couple, Richard (Smith) and Juliette (Clark), in 1970s England whose seemingly perfect life is interrupted when their son suddenly and unexpectedly dies, causing the once happy and idyllic couple to grow distant from each other.     

“They both cope with the tragedy in different ways — Richard buries himself in exploring a local folkloric myth about a powerful and supernatural tree on their estate to distract himself, and Juliette turning to the local community, who are hiding an occult secret, for support,” the official synopsis of the film read.     

Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s Prolific House Productions is bankrolling the project. It is being developed with BBC Film and funded by BBC Film, Access Entertainment and the BFI.   

Smith will next be seen in the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon. Clark, on the other hand, is currently awaiting the premiere of Amazon Prime series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

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