Zellweger and Spacek to Lead Julia Cox’s A Woman in the Sun

Overview

• The project, announced Friday by Black Bear and Artists Equity, casts Renée Zellweger, Sissy Spacek and Mia Threapleton and marks Julia Cox’s feature directing debut, with Zellweger also producing.
• Black Bear and Artists Equity are co-financing the film, with Black Bear set to distribute in North America and the U.K. and Elevation Pictures releasing in Canada.
• Black Bear will introduce the film to international buyers at the Cannes Film Festival.
• Production is slated to begin in September 2026.
• The story follows Claire Keating, a bartender on Nantucket, as pressures on the island’s shrinking middle class and a family health crisis upend her routine.