The drama 'The Light Between Oceans' gets a September release date

The film 'The Light Between Oceans' is a drama film directed and written by Derek Cianfrance, the man behind the drama 'Blue Valentine' and the film 'The Place Beyond the Pines'. The film stars Michael Fassbender as 'Tom Sherbourne', Alicia Vikander as 'Isabel Sherbourne' and Rachel Weisz as 'Hannah Roennfeldt'. Other stars in the film include Caren Pistorius, Florence Clery, Anthony Hayes, Emily Barclay, Leon Ford, Thomas Unger, Benedict Hardie, Georgie Jean Gascoigne, Evangeline Newbery and Elliot. The actor Michael Fassbender was nominated for best supporting actor thanks to the film '12 years a slave'. Rachel Weisz won the Oscar Awards for the best actress in the movie 'The Constant Gardener'. The two are now in the race for the Academy Awards to take place on 28, February 2016 for their roles in 'The Danish Girl' and 'Steve Jobs'.

The film is based on debut novel the 'The Light Between Oceans' by N.M. Steadman. The bestselling novel is set during the World War I where Tom Sherbourne makes a return to Australia after years of harrowing on the Western Front. He takes a job in an isolated lighthouse on the coast of Western Australia as the keeper. He later brings his young wife, Isabel to stay with him. Unfortunately, his wife has two miscarriages and one stillbirth after years of living there. One day his wife, hears a baby cry and finds that a boat has been washed onshore and on it is a dead man and a living baby. The couple decides to adopt the baby and goes to live with her in the mainland with devastating consequences.

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander in the drama 'The light between oceans'

DreamWorks acquired the right to the novel in 2012 with Derek directing the film and David Heyman producing it together with Harry Potter's director, David Heyman. The production for the film begun in early September 2014 while the filming on November 17 in Australia and New Zealand. The film will be the last of the two titles that DreamWorks will have had through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distribution pipeline after The BFG by Steven Spielberg which was the first to come in July. That will bring an end to the five-year output agreement they had and as from now on DreamWorks titles will be handled through Universal as announced in December under the new Amblin Partners deal.

Michael Fassbender as Tom Sherbourne in 'The light between oceans'- The first shots

More details of the film are not yet known, apart from a stunning picture from the movie which first appeared on 'The Film Stage' last November showing Alicia Vikander standing in front of the Indian Ocean. Following this stunning image of the actress, Disney went ahead to release the official photo for this upcoming film. Audiences will have to wait for quite some time to see the movie as it is still in post-production.

The 'Light Between Oceans' is scheduled to be released by Touchstone Pictures later this year on September 2, 2016 in the US. This upcoming adaptation has been scheduled for an award-friendly release. The film is expected to play in the upcoming Oscar race. The film will contend during Labour Day against Sony's Patient Zero, The crime drama Infiltrator and the thriller Solace.