The Hollywood Reporter just reported and Tom confirmed it to us that he is joining Kate Mara in an untitled indie focusing on the true story of Iraq War hero Megan Leavey.

‘Harry Potter’ Actor Tom Felton Joins Kate Mara in Indie War Hero Drama (Exclusive)

The project tells the true story of Marine Megan Leavey and her bomb sniffing dog, Rex.

Tom Felton, who is best known for playing Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, is joining Kate Mara in an untitled indie focusing on the true story of Iraq War hero Megan Leavey

Gabriela Cowperthwaite, the helmer behind the documentary Blackfish, is directing the drama that centers on Leavey, a Marine in a K9 bomb sniffing unit in Iraq, and the bond with her dog Rex. They served two six-month tours and undertook over 100 missions before a detonation wounded them both.

Mara is playing the Marine while Edie Falco is on board to play her mother.

Felton will play a veteran dog handler.

The film will shoot in Spain, South Carolina and NY.

Before he tackles that project, Felton is shooting United Kingdom, joining Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo in the period interracial love story being directed by Amma Asante.

Written by Guy Hibbert, the script tells the true story of Seretse Khama, a member of the royal family in the country of Bechuanaland, now Botswana, who fell in love with a white English commoner.

Felton will portray the posh and polished the district commissioner to Bechuanaland who wants to prevent Khama from getting married.

Felton is repped by Gersh, Management 360, and UK’s Troika Representatives.

source: The Hollywood Reporter

According to Variety, Tom has joined the cast of A United Kingdom. The film will be directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Amma Asante. The script is written by Guy Hibbert, who has won four BAFTAs.

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“A United Kingdom” has also added several other cast members: Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” franchise and also appeared in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” Nicholas Lyndhurst, who was three times BAFTA nominated for comedy “Only Fools and Horses…,” Laura Carmichael, who played Lady Edith Crawley in “Downton Abbey,” and Arnold Oceng, who starred alongside Reese Witherspoon in “The Good Lie.”
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The film tells the true story of the relationship between Seretse Khama, the chief to be of the powerful Bamangwato tribe in the British colony of Bechuanaland in the late 1940s, and a white, middle-class Englishwoman, Ruth Williams, and how hostility to their marriage exposed the racism of the British government. Khama later become the first president of Botswana, following its independence.
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Read the full article on Variety

Film/TV Producer Charlie Hanson also tweeted today :

Great to see @TomFelton rejoin @AmmaAsante in her stellar cast for A United Kingdom

— charlie hanson (@charlietantrum) 10. Oktober 2015

Filming started today in Serowe / Republic of Botswana in Southern Africa.

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According to the production’s local fixer, Arthur January the movie will also be shot at Malaka, Palapye, Moralane and in London a week later.
The filming will go on until 1, November 2015. “From June 2016 there will be a road show around all major towns and villages until Independence eve when it will premier,” said January.
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sources : thevoicebw & Variety

Do you remember? Tom and Amma have already worked together in Amma’s drama film Belle.