Andrew Scott is gearing up to star in Pressure, a UK feature about the crucial decision-making in the run-up to the D-Day landings.

Anthony Maras will direct from a screenplay he wrote with David Haig; the film is based on Haig’s critically-acclaimed West End play.

The feature is from Working Title Films and StudioCanal and shoots this September in the UK. It covers the tense seventy-two hours leading up to D-Day, as the crucial plans are missing one key element – the British weather.

Scott plays Britain’s chief meteorological officer James Stagg, who is called upon to deliver the crucial forecast, forcing him into a standoff with the Allied leaders. Brendan Fraser is attached to play Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The wrong conditions could devastate the large-scale seaborne invasion, while any delay would risk the enemy hearing of the plans.

Working Title Films is also busy on CC: Emily, currently in pre-production; its development projects include a fourth Johnny English film and a biopic of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Details on all these projects can be found on Production Intelligence; non-subscribers can book a free demo here.