Focus Options has acquired worldwide rights to Carey Mulligan comedy “The Ballad Of Wallis Island,” Selection can affirm solely.

They may launch the movie within the U.S. whereas Common Footage Worldwide is dealing with world distribution.

The movie, which was beforehand titled “One For The Cash,” is directed by James Griffiths (“Cuban Fury”) and produced by Steve Coogan’s Child Cow productions (“Philomena”).

The screenplay was written by Tom Basden (“After Life”) and Tim Key (“Nice Expectations”), who additionally star within the movie alongside Sian Clifford (“Fleabag”) and Akemnji Ndifornyen (“Famalam”).

“The Ballad Of Wallis Island” tells the of Charles (performed by Key), an eccentric lottery winner who tries to reunite his favourite musical duo Mortimer-McGwyer (Mulligan and Basden) regardless of the actual fact they break up up a few years in the past. Making issues much more awkward, the musicians – Nell Mortimer and Herb McGwyer — have been additionally as soon as romantically concerned with one another a la Sonny and Cher.

At some point, Mortimer and McGwyer are summoned to Charles’ distant island to play a personal present. As outdated tensions resurface, Charles desperately tries to discover a solution to salvage the scenario in order that he can lastly take pleasure in his dream gig

Rupert Majendie produces for Child Cow Productions whereas Mulligan, Basden, Key and Griffiths exec produce alongside Sarah Monteith, Laurence Brown, Stephen Kelliher, Yana Georgieva.

Focus beforehand labored with Majendie on 2022 Sundance comedy “Brian and Charles.” The distributor’s upcoming slate consists of the Pharrell Williams Lego-themed biopic “Piece by Piece” and Amy Winehouse biopic “Again to Black.”