Anchor Bay set to plant Robin Hardy’s Wicker Tree in theaters early 2012

By Jake Dee

Posted 15 years ago

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

…TIMBERRRRRRRR…

It’s finally happened folks…the tree has actually been chopped!

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Anchor Bay has acquired rights to Robin Hardy’s way-too-long awaited sequel to his 1973 masterwork. Of course, I’m talking about THE WICKER TREE…which AB will put into theaters in early 2012. No specific date has been locked, but expect one in the coming weeks.

Pretty damn stoked for this is one, I’m not going to lie. We’ve been scrawling articles on this damn film since the beginning of 2010, though it feels like much longer. Probably because of the anticipation…after-all, the original WICKER MAN is one of my all time favorites.

Starring Graham McTavish, Clive Russell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Henry Garrett, Callum Mitchell, Jacqueline Leonard, Prue Clarke, James Mapes, Keith Warwick, Brittania Nicol, Iain Stuart Robertson, Christopher Leveaux and Christopher Lee:

The Wicker Tree tells the story of singer Beth (newcomer Brittania Nicol) and her cowboy friend Steve (Henry Garrett, “The Bill,” “Skins”), two virginal Texans who come to Scotland to spread the gospel. These two innocents don’t know what they’re getting into as they find themselves trying to spread their chastity message at the estate owned by Sir Lachlan Morrison (Graham McTavish, Rambo, the upcoming The Hobbit films), who has revived ancient local religious practices when an accident at the nuclear power plant he runs rendered the area men infertile. The Wicker Tree was produced by Peter Snell and Peter Watson-Wood and executive produced by Alistair Gourlay.

Expect THE WICKER TREE early next year.

Source: Anchor Bay

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