- The Nightingale, a best-selling historical fiction book by Kristin Hannah, is set to be made into a movie with a theatrical release date of February 12, 2027.
- Sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning will star and produce in the film, portraying sisters Vianne and Isabelle who experience German-occupied France during World War II in different ways.
- The movie will be directed by Michael Morris, with a script by Dana Stevens, and produced by a team including Elizabeth Cantillon, the Fanning sisters, Reese Witherspoon, and others.
Kristin Hannah’s best-selling historical fiction book The Nightingale will be made into a movie after all.
The project was first sparked before the COVID-19 pandemic, which slowed momentum on the making of the film. Now the movie has a theatrical release date set and a growing cast attached to the story.
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For everything we know about The Nightingale movie, read on.
When willThe Nightingalemovie come out?
TriStar first set February 12, 2027 as the release date for the film, but then the adaptation was pushed to March 19 so that it has Easter weekend (March 28) to capitalize on. In Feb., the film would have competed with Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film set to release that weekend as well.
HasThe Nightingalestarted production?
Yes, Kristin Hannah posted at the end of March that the film had started production. Elle Fanning did press for Margo’s Got Money Troubles in April before the show’s premiere on Apple TV, but she had hinted as had her sister Dakota, that they would start shooting in a few weeks when Deadline spoke with them at SXSW Film Festival 2026.
Deadline also recently interviewed Lauren Neustadter, President of Film and Television at Reese Witherspoon’s Production Company Hello Sunshine while she was on set in Budapest, where the film is shooting
Who will be inThe Nightingalemovie?
Sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning, who have been attached to star and produce since the adaptation started gaining traction in 2019, will portray sisters
Deadline exclusively reported that Edmund Donovan (Late Fame) landed a starring role alongside the sisters in January 2026. Details of his role are under wraps.
Next to join as first reported by Deadline are Mark Rylance (The BFG, Ready Player One) and Shira Haas (Unorthodox, Captain America: Brave New World).
Deadline broke the news of a quartet of castings that round out the film’s ensemble: Albrecht Schuch, Douglas Hodge, Gwilym Lee and Vinette Robinson.
What is Kristin Hannah’sThe Nightingaleabout?
The story centers sisterscupied France during World War II in their own ways.s a rebellious spirit. The sisters split up during the war, “resisting in different ways” as Fanning put it when she did Deadline’s Take Ten interview series
Who else is behindThe Nightingalemovie?
Michael Morris is directing the film. Dana Stevens (The Woman King) wrote the script for the film. Elizabeth Cantillon will produce for The Cantillon Company, alongside the Fannings and Brittany Kahan Ward for the Fanning sisters’ production company Lewellen Pictures, and Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine. The Nightingale was the Reese’s Book Club selection for March 2023. Nicole Brown and Shary Shirazi are overseeing for TriStar Pictures.
TriStar first acquired the film rights in 2015 with Ann Peacock attached to write. Writer-director Michelle MacLaren and co-writer John Sayles were involved in a later iteration, with the Fannings initially boarding to star in a version helmed by Mélanie Laurent from Stevens’ script. At first, the film was set to hit theaters Christmas Day of 2020, and then it shifted a few more times landing on Dec. 22, 2022, but when the Covid pandemic kept delaying the making of the movie, Laurent stepped back to attend to other projects.
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