Having left Downton Abbey behind, Dan Stevens has been showing off a svelte new look (and darker hair), seemingly in the hope that he can segue into a major movie career. He’s already booked roles in A Walk Among The Tombstones and The Fifth Estate, and now Deadline reports that he’s in talks for a new cinematic take on Swallows And Amazons.
Swallows And Amazons is the first book in the children’s series by Arthur Ransome. Set in the Lake District in the summer of 1929, the books is about the Walker and Blackett kids whose respective sailboats are called Swallow and Amazon. When the adventurous and imaginative children meet, they join forces against their common enemy – the Blacketts’ uncle James whom they call Captain Flint.
Unsurprisingly, it’s Flint that’s the role Stevens is up for.
Casting is currently underway for the kids, with Calendar Girls producer Nick Barton heading behind the camera to direct. A summer shoot is planned.
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