Dennis Quaid and Madalen Mills have joined the independent drama Tiger Rising.
The film, directed by Ray Giarratana, will launch to international buyers at the Toronto Film Festival.
An adaptation of Kate DiCamillo’s children’s book of the same name, the story follows 12-year-old Rob, who finds a Bengal tiger hidden in the woods and held captive by a mean-spirited motel owner (Quaid). With the help of the wise and mysterious maid Willie May (Latifah) and a stubborn new girl in school (Mills), the boy must decide whether to set the tiger free and in turn uncage his emotional grief.
Quaid and Mills join previously cast Queen Latifah. Latifah will also serve as executive producer along with Allen Cheney and Christophe Suchet. Deborah Giarratana and Ryan Smith are producing the film.
