The Hippopotamus is in pre-production
Stephen Fry’s comic bestseller The Hippopotamus is the latest tome targeted for big screen adaptation and the producers are now rounding up a cast. Sam Neill and Roger Allam are both on board for the new film, which has John Jencks set to direct. Blanche McIntyre and Tom Hodgson wrote the script, which finds Allam as disgraced poet Ted Wallace travelling to his friend’s country manor to investigate some unexplained miracle healings. There he discovers that the truth is slightly sleazier than anyone suspected: the perpetrator is horny teenager David Logan, who is styling himself as a sexual healer with an eager clientele.
To make matters more complicated, David’s dad Michael (Neill) has decided he should share his son’s gift with the world, blissfully unaware of what is actually going on. Can Ted debunk the “miracles” in time to save his pal from a raft of mockery?
Title: The Hippopotamus
Synopsis: Ted Wallace travels to his friend’s country manor to investigate unexplained miracle healings. He discovers the truth is slightly sleazier than anyone suspected: the perpetrator is a horny teenager, who is styling himself as a sexual healer.
Cast: Sam Neill, Roger Allam
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Director: John Jencks
Producers: Noam Murro
Writer: Tom Hodgson, Blanche McIntyre
Company: Highland Film Group
Status: Pre-Production
Release Date: 2015
Trailer: Precious Cargo trailer is coming soon.
