Sycamore builds up 'Storm'

'The Eye in the Storm 'Newly minted Sycamore Entertainment Group has acquired U.S. rights to Fred Schepisi's family drama "The Interest in the Storm," starring Geoffrey Hurry, Charlotte now now Rampling and Judy Davis. Sycamore, which launched through the American Film Market, made the announcement Tuesday. It plans an April 20 theatrical release in La, NY and San Francisco Bay Area. "Eye" is funded with the Australia Broadcasting Corp., Screen Australia, Film Victoria, Ingenious and Omnilab and produced by Antony Waddington, Gregory Read and Schepisi. Professional producers are Jonathan Shteinman, Edward Simpson, Bob Marcs and James Vernon. Judy Morris composed the script using the 1973 novel by Australian author Patrick White-colored, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature the identical year. Story's dedicated to the effective matriarch from the family -- referred to by Rampling -- and people who showed up at bid her farewell at her deathbed. Helen Morse and Alexandra Schepisi also star. "Eye" won age Critics' Award within the Melbourne Film Festival as well as the Premiere Special Jury Prize within the Rome Film Festival. It received twelve noms for your Australian Academy of Cinema and television Arts Honours, that is introduced Jan. 31. Sycamore Boss Edward Sylvan talked about the sale with Robbie Little in the Little Film Co., which handles world sales for your film. Sycamore became a member of the distribution game in November, acquiring U.S. rights to Tammi Sutton's horror film "Isle of Dogs." Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com