Sophie Byrne: The Arrival is on the way

Producer Sophie Byrne detailed the plans to bring Oscar winner Shaun Tan’s book The Arrival to the big screen.
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© Shaun Tan, The Arrival. Published by Hachette Australia

Sophie Byrne from Passion Pictures Australia optioned the rights to The Arrival around five years ago, while they were in the middle of making the short animation, The Lost Thing. Their focus was initially on the short film, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2011.

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Anne Richey
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Once the ScreenHub productions editor, Anne Richey is now an independent screenwriter and journalist.