Overview
- Studiocanal confirmed the casting Monday and will shop the project at the Cannes market, with filming set for the fall.
- Maïmouna Doucouré will write and direct the feature, produced by Studiocanal with Bien ou Bien and CPB Films.
- The production is cooperating with Baker’s surviving sons and members of her Rainbow Tribe, marking the first major feature with explicit estate backing.
- Studiocanal will release the film in the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Benelux, Poland, Australia and New Zealand, while North American distribution has not been announced.
- The story will span Baker’s rise as a Paris stage star and her later roles in the French Resistance and U.S. civil rights movement, with Doucouré pledging a nuanced portrait of her complexity and courage.