Zellweger and Sessa Lead Gervasi's Darlington, With Dinklage Back On Board

Renée Zellweger and Dominic Sessa are set to star in Darlington, a new feature film written by Sacha Gervasi, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The premise is an odd one. Zellweger plays Kate Spencer, a faded television actress. Sessa plays a reclusive tech billionaire who has restored an English country estate and lives as if it is 1923.

Peter Dinklage is also working with Gervasi again on the project. The film is set to begin production in the U.K. in early spring 2027.

The film is already moving through the business side of the industry. CAA, the Creative Artists Agency, a talent agency, is representing its North American rights. North American rights are the right to release a film in the United States and Canada, which are grouped together in trade reporting as "domestic" territory.

Rocket Science is launching the film's international sales at the American Film Market, or AFM. The AFM is a deal-making market held each November in Santa Monica, California, where sales companies show films to distributors from other countries. Those buyers decide which territories a film will reach, and when. Sales deals made at the market often shape what audiences see long before a film opens.

For a project still months from its first day of filming, the moves are typical. Cast and sales are usually lined up early, so that a production can start with money and distribution plans already in place. Production in the U.K. also means the crew and locations will be based there.

No release date has been reported for Darlington. The film is still in production planning.