KENNETH BRANAGH TO DIRECT AND STAR IN "KEEPER OF THE DIARY"

As first reported by Deadline, KEEPER OF THE DIARY has found its filmmaker and star. Academy Award-nominated actor/director Kenneth Branagh will play the starring role of Otto Frank and direct the story of his desperate struggle to publish the book with which his deceased daughter, Anne Frank, would later change the world, The Diary of a Young Girl.

Fox Searchlight is moving fast to put the film into production.

More to come soon, and in the meantime, check out the Deadline article here.