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Guilt-Ridden Outlaw's Deadly Scam Sparks Haunting Frontier Escape
12 Nov
Summary
- Drifting con-man Truman Kersh flees through wilderness, haunted by guilt
- Truman crosses paths with secretive settlers with buried pasts
- Principal photography for the film to begin in early 2026 in Gran Canaria, Spain
On the desolate frontier, a drifting con-man and card-shark named Truman Kersh finds himself on the run after his latest scam ends in bloodshed. Fleeing through the wilderness, Truman is haunted by guilt and hunted by the law, his grip on reality beginning to fray as he crosses paths with a rag-tag band of settlers whose secrets are as buried as the graves they pass.
The upcoming film "Where the Sparrows Fly" is set to begin principal photography in early 2026 in Gran Canaria, Spain, in association with Canary Productions. The project is being produced by Doug Metzger, first AD on movies including "Dances with Wolves," "K-9," and "Scary Movie 3," alongside Anthony Baden Saggers for Sunshine the Horse Limited and Tim Blake Nelson's Red Barn Films. Saggers will also direct the film.
Nelson, who currently co-stars in the FX series "The Lowdown," will serve as an executive producer on "Where the Sparrows Fly." He is set to next be seen in Searchlight's "The Testament of Ann Lee," and his second novel, "Superhero," is scheduled for publication on December 2 by Unnamed Press.
According to Saggers, "Where the Sparrows Fly" strips the western genre to its starkest elements, offering a portrait of "humanity, fortune and the cost of survival on the edge of civilization." AMP's Head of Sales and Acquisitions, Anthony Buckner, believes the film will resonate with audiences hungry for westerns that have "something deeper to say."
