Academy Award®--winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) writes, produces and makes his directorial debut with this timeless supernatural love story based on Mark Helprin's acclaimed novel. Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, WINTER'S TALE is about miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old battle between good and evil. Peter Lake (Colin Farrell -- Saving Mr. Banks) is a master thief, who never expected to have his own heart stolen by the beautiful Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay – Downton Abbey). But their love is star-crossed: she burns with a deadly form of consumption, and Peter has been marked for a much more violent death by his one-time mentor, the demonic Pearly Soames (Russell Crowe).