Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard, and Vanessa Redgrave have joined the growing A-list voice cast of indie animated feature The Turning Door.
Swedish composer Anna von Hausswolff (Iconoclasts, Sound of Falling) also joins the cast of the upcoming family fantasy animation epic directed by filmmaker and artist Nicholas Ashe Bateman (The Wanting Mare), along with newcomer Pippa Kelly, who plays the lead, the young heroine Ariadlyn.
The film’s plot, according to an official summary, follows Ariadlyn, a little girl who finds a “mysterious box hidden in her parent’s closet. As it grows into an open door, she falls through to another world called The Turning. There, she must embark on a grand adventure of old magic, strange creatures, new lands, alchemy, dreams and songs, all to return home and save her parents.”
They join previously-announced cast including Alicia Vikander, Jamie Dornan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Bill Nighy, and Gillian Anderson.
Cast members will perform original songs and music for the film written by Bateman and Claire Givens (Mother Mary, People Museum).
