Nicole Kidman has signed up to work with Macbeth and Assassin’s Creed director Justin Kurzel on a particularly dark-sounding family drama called Mice. More here:
Justin Kurzel and Nicole Kidman are two of Australia’s greatest gifts to the world of cinema, so it’s exciting to learn that the duo will be teaming up to make Mice, a drama which follows the fortunes of a family dealing with the aftermath of a series of devastating events.
From 2015’s Macbeth through to 2021’s Nitram, Kurzel’s filmography largely continues to impress with each film he makes, and Kidman’s CV simply speaks for itself. Mice is based on Gordon Reece’s 2011 debut novel, and is said to follow a mother and daughter who ‘are pushed to their limits, confronting their moral convictions and the line between right and wrong in the face of bullying, violence and fear.’
We don’t have a lot else to go on right now. There’s no production date scheduled in Deadline's report, nor do we have a release window for the film. However, a synopsis for the film has been released and that reads as such:
‘The story follows a girl named Shelley and her mother who have retreated to the quiet of a cottage in the countryside after a trio of bullies nearly killed Shelley, and her parents endured a humiliating divorce. Their life of gardening and books, hot chocolate and music are upset when an unwelcome guest disturbs their peace and something inside Shelley snaps. What happens next will shatter all their certainties – not just about their safety in this world, but what they are willing to accept and what they are capable of.’
With regards to Kidman, she’s most recently been leading the cast in Babygirl, the upcoming A24 erotic thriller that is currently in post-production. We still don’t know when that one is coming out, but it’s an A24 production, it has a great supporting cast and most of all, it has Nicole Kidman, so when it does arrive, there’ll be a fair amount of anticipation to greet it. We’ll let you know more on Mice as we hear it.
