Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander’s ‘Light Between Oceans’ Lands Fall Release Date

Derek Cianfrance directed the drama, based on M.L. Stedman's best-selling novel.

February 9, 2016 5:33pm

MichaelFassbender and AliciaVikander’sThe Light Between Oceans will open in theaters nationwide on Sept. 2, the beginning of the fall awards season, Disney andDreamWorks announced Tuesday.

Directed by DerekCianfrance, the wrenching drama is based on the best-selling debut novel from M.L.Stedman and also stars RachelWeisz.

Set on a remote island off the coast of Western Australia in the years following World War I, the story follows a lighthouse keeper and his wife who are faced with a moral dilemma when a boat washes ashore with a dead man and a baby who is alive. When they decide to raise the child as their own, the consequences of their choice are devastating.

Light Between Oceans will be released via Disney’s Touchstone label, even thoughDreamWorks recently signed a new distribution deal with Universal. The plan was always to keep the keep the film with Disney, since it was shot in 2014. Participant Media, which is nowDreamWorks‘ official partner via the newly constitutedAmblin Partners, co-financed the film with Steven Spielberg’sDreamWorks.

Heyday Films’ DavidHeyman ofHarry Potter fame and Jeffrey Clifford are producingLight Between Oceans.

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