Entertainment One, Rumble Films, and Blinder Films will produce the project written by Helen Gaughran.

Principal photography begins in Ireland on January 9.

Visitationfollows 14-year-old Maria who is sent away to live with Catholic nuns when her mother is sick and dying.

Visitation

Nicolas Pesce and Olivia CookeJeff Vespa/WireImage/Rachell Smith / HBO

The remaining character descriptions are being kept under wraps.

David Lancaster and Stephanie Wilcox of Rumble Films will serve as producers alongside Katie Holly of Blinder Films.

Jillian Share, Courtney Cunniff, and Chanel Vidal are overseeing foreOne.

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Pesce made his directorial debut with the award-winning 2016 Sundance featureThe Eyes Of My Mother.

This was followed up by the midnight titlePiercingat Sundance in 2018 starring Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska.

She is represented by UTA.

She previously starred in the Oscar-nominatedSound Of Metal,2021sLittle Fish,and ApplesSlow Horses.

She is repped by CAA, Grandview, The Artist Partnership, and attorneys Huy Nguyen and Gretchen Rush.

Johnstons credits includeThe Queens Gambit, Invasion,andLife After Life.

She is represented by UTA and The Artists Partnership.

Wiltons credits includeDownton Abbey, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,andEternal Beauty.

She is represented by Independent Talent Group.

Williams past credits includeThe Crown,The Father, andVictoria and Abdul.

She is represented by CAA, Independent Talent Group, and Schreck Rose Dapello, et al.