Mischa Barton’s upcoming film Malice in Sunderland (UK) / Malice in Wonderland (US) was schedule to begin filming soon in Wearside and Sunderland in the UK, but due to a funding shortfall, it will now be filmed in another England location: Southend. According to the BBC, Future Films was seeking a location that would offer help in terms of funding, and Screen East in Southend has offered up £250,000 for the film, while the terms in the North East were to hire local talent in exchange for funding. Shooting for the film is set to begin in May or June.
In terms of Mischa Barton’s role in the film, we now have more details. Mischa Barton will play a US law student, Alice, who gets hit by a black taxi and finds herself with amnesia in the strange city. Albert Martinez-Marton of Future Films says:
“She’s dragged through an underworld filled with twisted individuals and low-lifes by cab driver Whitey (the white rabbit). “She needs to find out who she is, where she’s from and use what wits she has left to get back home in one piece.”
Huge thanks to MischaNews for this find!