Fiennes, Farrell, Moura Board Meirelles' Film Adaptation of Yasmina Reza's 'Art'

Overview

• The package, which was unveiled Saturday, will be sold at Cannes by Patrick Wachsberger’s 193, with CAA handling U.S. rights.
• Fernando Meirelles directs the English-language adaptation from a screenplay by Christopher Hampton.
• Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell and Wagner Moura are set to play the three lead roles.
• No production start date or release plan has been announced.
• The film draws from Reza’s 1994 play about three friends tested by an expensive white painting, a hit that began in Paris before major runs in London’s West End and on Broadway.