Carrie Fisher’s final film is finally getting released
Carrie Fisher wrapped on Wonderwell six weeks before she died
After seven “perilous” years in the wild, Carrie Fisher’s final film, Wonderwell, will see release. Fisher died six weeks after she wrapped the film.
A fantastical coming-of-age story, Wonderwell stars Kiera Milward as Violet, an American girl living in Italy with her parents and older sister Savannah, played by Servant’s Tiger Free. After the family moves to Tuscany so Savannah can take a model gig, Violet meets Hazel, described by the film’s Instagram as “an extravagant and powerful witch of the forest.” There’s no trailer for the film, but Instagram also shows off the film’s look, giving us an idea of the film’s fantastical elements and what Carrie Fisher looked like playing the lute.
Director Vlad Marsavin said the “perilous” seven-year journey was due to COVID lockdowns. Also, visual effects “on a movie of this magnitude takes time.”
Marsavin and Fisher’s co-star Rita Ora praised their late colleague. Maintaining Fisher’s public image as the patron saint of having a good time, Marsavin reminisced about the time Fisher invited the team to celebrate her 60th birthday and having the party shut down by police because “it was deemed a little too loud.”