Netflix has acquired Naomi Watts starrer ‘Penguin Bloom’ in North America, UK, France and select countries in Asia. The film is based on the book by Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive. ‘Penguin Bloom’ will release on Netflix on 27th January 2021.
Netflix’s official synopsis for ‘Penguin Bloom’ reads, “In 2013, Samantha Bloom (Naomi Watts), her husband Cameron (Andrew Lincoln) and their three sons left their home in Australia for a holiday in Thailand. While enjoying a view, Sam fell off of a rooftop due to what was later determined to be a rotted railing…breaking her vertebrae in two places. Paralyzed from the chest down, Sam — a lifelong outdoorswoman, surfer, and traveler —was unrecognizable to herself, and spent long months in a depression that made her question who she could be in the world and in her own family.”
“A year later, her children brought home a wounded baby magpie they found. Warily eyeing the black-and-white bird the kids affectionately named “Penguin,” Sam bonded with the household’s new member, beginning a process of emotional healing that surprised her husband and sons, her mother (Jacki Weaver), and herself. PENGUIN BLOOM tells the amazing true story of renewal that occurred when a woman whose life seemed shattered found hope and purpose in her family’s love — and in a bird on its own journey of recovery.”
‘Penguin Bloom’ star cast includes two-time Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts, The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln, Academy Award nominee Jacki Weaver, Rachel House, Leeanna Walsman, Lisa Hensley, Griffin Murray-Johnston, Felix Cameron, Abe Clifford-Barr.
Glendyn Ivin serves as the director of the film. Ivin is known for his short film ‘Cracker Bag’, that won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and ‘Last Ride’. ‘Puberty Blues’, ‘A Beautiful Lie’, ‘Safe Harbour’, and ‘The Cry’ are his notable works in television.
Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps serve as ‘Penguin Bloom’s’ screenwriter. It will be produced by Emma Cooper, Made Up Stories’ Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, Jodi Matterson, and Naomi Watts.
Sonia Amoroso, George Kekeli, Meryl Metni, Ricci Swart, Sam Bloom, Cameron Bloom, Bradley Trevor Greive, Joel Pearlman, Edwina Waddy and Jill Bilcock are the executive producers of the film. While the production companies involved in the film’s presentation are Screen Australia in association with Endeavor Content Roadshow Films and Create NSW A Made Up Stories, Jam Tart Films, and Broadtalk Production.
Netflix will release ‘Penguin Bloom’ on 27th January 2021.