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Bookworm
Adventure called her name... Unfortunately dad answered.
Eleven-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes Mildred camping in the notoriously rugged New Zealand wilderness, and the pair embark on the ultimate test of family bonding – a quest to find the mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.
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Checked Sep 3, 2026
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Synopsis
Eleven-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes Mildred camping in the notoriously rugged New Zealand wilderness, and the pair embark on the ultimate test of family bonding – a quest to find the mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.
More about Bookworm
Cast
Nell FisherMildred
Elijah WoodStrawn Wise
Michael SmileyArnold
Vanessa StaceyAngelina
Morgana O'ReillyZo
Millen BairdDoctor
Nikki Si'ulepaDotty
Theo ShakesReginaldCredits
- Directed by
- Ant Timpson
- Written by
- Toby Harvard, Ant Timpson, Toby Harvard
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
Firefly FilmsNew Zealand
NowhereUnited States
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