MAGPIE opens at Village East in New York,

Los Angeles and select U.S. cities on October 25

Based on an original idea by Daisy Ridley, written by Tom Bateman

(Murder on the Orient ExpressThirteen Lives), and directed by Sam Yates (VANYAThe Hope Rooms), MAGPIE is a stylish neo-noir thriller centered on married couple Anette (Daisy Ridley) and Ben (Shazad Latif), whose lives begin to fracture when their daughter is cast alongside a glamorous movie star, Alicia (Matilda Lutz). As Anette’s suspicions of Ben’s infatuation with Alicia intensify, their secrets and lies threaten to burst to the surface and destroy them all.

Align presents in association with The Veterans

A Werewolf Films and 55 Films Production

Cast: Daisy Ridley, Shazad Latif, Matilda Lutz, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Hiba Ahmed, Cherrelle Skeete, Alistair Petrie

Written by Tom Bateman

Directed by Sam Yates
Produced by Kate Solomon, p.g.a., Daisy Ridley, p.g.a., Tom Bateman, p.g.a.,

Camilla Bray, Nadia Khamlichi, and Sierra Garcia.

Executive Produced by Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz, Nessa McGill, and Clare Hardwick

Director of Photography, Laura Bellingham

Production Designer, Amanda McArthur

Edited by Christopher Watson

Music by Isobell Waller-Bridge

Costume Design by Natalie Roar

Genre: Noir Thriller

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