ROGER MICHELL TO DIRECT ‘ MY COUSIN RACHEL ’ STARRING RACHEL WEISZ AND SAM CLAFLIN FOR FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES. Fox Searchlight Pictures UK announced that principal photography will begin on April 4, 2016 on Free Range Films’ MY COUSIN RACHEL, and will continue until mid-June in England and Italy. Based on the classic novel by Daphne du Maurier and adapted by director Roger Michell, the film stars Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz (YOUTH, THE CONSTANT GARDENER), Sam Claflin (THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY), Holliday Grainger (CINDERELLA), Iain Glen (“Game of Thrones”) and acclaimed stage actor Simon Russell Beale (INTO THE WOODS). The film is produced by Kevin Loader with Anita Overland as co-producer. Says Roger Michell, “So many really great films have grown out of the works of Daphne Du Maurier: DON’T LOOK NOW, THE BIRDS, REBECCA….and here’s another of her classics which is at once detailed, dark, sexy, cinematic and full of surprises. I look forward to bringing this thril