With films like “The Way Back” and “Out of the Furnace,” Brad Ingelsby made a name for himself as one of the better writers in Hollywood. It shouldn’t be surprising that British director Michael Pearce chose Ingelsby’s “Echo Valley” as his first directorial feature, which he didn’t write himself. Pear e has nothing but praise for the “Mare of Easttown” scribe:
“Usually I read either a script which has great characters, but they’re in need of a really compelling story, or I read very genre-driven material, but the characters feel like archetypes and they’re not really developed…when I read Brad’s script, it was in the bull’s-eye where I got everything that I wanted. It had these rich and textured characters, and it felt like it was a film for grown-ups.”
Add Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney in the starring roles, and “Echo Valley” has all the ingredients to be a sure hit.
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“Echo Valley” stars Julianne Moore, Sydney Sweeney, Domhnall Gleeson, Kyle MacLachlan, Fiona Shaw, Edmund Donovan, and Rebecca Creskoff. “Echo Valley was written by Brad Ingelsby, also known for writing and creating “Mare Of Easttown,” and was directed by Michael Pearce (“Beast,” “Encounter”)
Producers are Ridley Scott, Michael Pruss, Kevin J. Walsh, and Inglesby. Executive producers are Ted Deiker, Scott Greenberg, Erika Olde, Sam Roseme, Nicole Jordan-Webber, and Rebecca Feuer.
“Echo Valley” is about Kate, a horse trainer on a Pennsylvania farm, dealing with personal tragedy and estrangement from her daughter Claire. One night, Claire arrives at Kate’s front door, covered in blood. It’s up to Kate to decide how far she’ll go to protect her child.
Here’s the official synopsis.
In the edge-of-your-seat thriller “Echo Valley,” Kate (Oscar winner Julianne Moore) is a mother struggling to make peace with her troubled daughter Claire (multi-Emmy nominee Sydney Sweeney) — a situation that becomes even more perilous when Claire shows up on Kate’s doorstep, hysterical and covered in someone else’s blood. As the pieces come together, the shocking truth of what happened, she learns how far a mother will go to save her child in this gripping tale of love, sacrifice and survival from BAFTA-winning director Michael Pearce and Emmy-nominated writer Brad Ingelsby.
“Echo Valley” will premiere on Apple TV+ on June 13, 2025.