David Lowery's Mother Mary pre-production begins in Germany

David Lowery's new movie Mother Mary has begun pre-production in Germany. 

The director, fresh from Peter, Pan & Wendy, is directing the movie-musical starring  Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel. It is his third film with A24, with whom he partnered on The Green Knight and A Ghost Story.

The film will be an epic pop melodrama following a fictional musician (Hathaway) and her relationship with an iconic fashion designer (Coel). Topic Studios is co-financing with A24.

Lowery, Toby Halbrooks and James M Johnston will produce alongside Jeanie Igoe of Homebird Productions and Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo and Jonathan Saubach of Cologne-based augenschein Filmproduktion. 

Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX will write and produce original songs for the film, with an original score composed by Daniel Hart.