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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Cast
8 people
Nell Fisher
Mildred
Known for
Stranger Things
Evil Dead Rise
Elijah Wood
Strawn Wise
Known for
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Happy Feet
Michael Smiley
Arnold
Known for
Luther
The Lobster
Vanessa Stacey
Angelina
Also in
Hercules
The Tribe
Morgana O'Reilly
Zo
Known for
The White Lotus
Housebound
Millen Baird
Doctor
Known for
M3GAN
Housebound
Nikki Si'ulepa
Dotty
Known for
Housebound
Theo Shakes
Reginald
Also in
Camp Be Better
The Mute
Ant Timpson Director · Toby Harvard Screenplay Karl Sölve Steven Composer
United States release October 18, 2024 · Produced in New Zealand, United States · Production Nowhere
Production
Firefly Films
Production
Nowhere
Production
New Zealand · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
New Zealand · July 4, 2024
Limited theatrical
United States · October 18, 2024
Limited theatrical
United States · October 18, 2024
Digital
Australia
August 17, 2024 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
August 29, 2024 · Theatrical
September 20, 2025 · Premiere · Darwin International Film Festival
Canada
July 18, 2024 · Premiere · Fantasia International Film Festival
October 18, 2024 · Limited theatrical
France
February 13, 2025 · Physical · DVD
Germany
January 16, 2025 · Theatrical
Israel
October 17, 2024 · Theatrical · ?
New Zealand
August 8, 2024 · Theatrical
Poland
October 25, 2024 · Digital · VOD rental and purchase
Russia
October 10, 2024 · Theatrical · Экспонента
November 14, 2024 · Digital
Singapore
October 31, 2024 · Theatrical
Slovakia
April 4, 2026 · TV · JOJ
South Korea
July 6, 2025 · Premiere · Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Spain
January 16, 2025 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 23, 2024 · Premiere · Frightfest
November 11, 2024 · Digital
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