White Bird

White Bird (marketed with the subtitle A Wonder Story) is an upcoming American coming-of-age period drama film directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by Mark Bomback, based on the 2019 graphic novel of the same name by R. J. Palacio. A spin-off and prequel to Wonder (2017), the film stars Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Bryce Gheisar, Gillian Anderson and Helen Mirren, with Gheisar reprising his role as Julian from Wonder.
The film is scheduled to be released in theaters by Lionsgate on October 4, 2024.
==Premise==
After the events of Wonder, Julian has left Beecher Prep for good. He is visited by his grandmother from Paris, who tells him stories of her childhood as a young Jewish girl in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, while being hidden from the Nazis by a distant classmate and his parents.
==Cast==
*Ariella Glaser as Sara, a young Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied France
*Helen Mirren as Grandmère, a renowned artist
*Orlando Schwerdt as Julien, Sara's polio-lamed German classmate
*Bryce Gheisar as Julian
*Gillian Anderson as Vivienne, Julien's mother
* Jo Stone-Fewings as Jean-Paul, Julien's father
*Patsy Ferran as Mille. Petitjean, Sara and Julien's teacher
*Stuart McQuarrie as Pastor Luc, the headmaster of Sara and Julien's school
*Olivia Ross as Rose, Sara's mother
*Ishai Golan as Max, Sara's father
*Jem Matthews as Vincent, Sara's crush
*Jordan Cramond as Jerome
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