Lionsgate has picked up all rights in North American and the U.K. for The Trapp Family, a drama based on the real-life story of the Austrian family that inspired the classic musical The Sound of Music.
The film, which Germany’s Tele Munchen Group (TMG) is producing, is currently shooting. It stars Matthew Macfadyen (Anna Karenina) as marine officer and family patriarch Georg von Trapp and Broadchurch actress Eliza Bennett as Agathe, his eldest, and most rebellious daughter.
TMG is handling worldwide sales through its TM International division.
