Overview
- Lionsgate secured the feature rights to Virginia Evans’ bestseller after a competitive seven-studio bidding process.
- Jane Fonda is attached to portray Sybil Van Antwerp and will also serve as a producer.
- Cat Vasko will adapt the screenplay and executive produce together with author Virginia Evans.
- Todd Lieberman’s Hidden Pictures is producing, with Chelsea Kujawa and Pavan Kalidindi overseeing for Lionsgate and Carly Kleinbart Elter and Aydan Cohen for Hidden Pictures.
- The Crown-published debut spent 17 weeks on the New York Times list and has sold over 1 million copies, with the film now in early development and no director or release timeline announced.