CANNES — Tim Roth and Neve Campbell have joined the cast of Tele Munchen’s $19 million mini-skein “The Sea Wolf,” adapted from Jack London’s classic novel.
Sebastian Koch (“The Lives of Others”) had already been announced in the lead role.
Lensing is set to start imminently in Halifax, Canada, with the production set to be completed by the end of the year.
Tele Munchen’s Clasart Television is co-producing through Gate Television.
Mike Barker (“The Good Woman”) is helming from a script by Nigel Williams (“Elizabeth I”).
“The Sea Wolf” will preem on Germany’s ZDF.
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