Universal Pictures mentioned Monday that the primary Hollywood function movie to focus instantly on the Harvey Weinstein scandal is about to start manufacturing in the summertime.
She Said is predicated on the 2019 e-book of the identical identify by Weinstein in regards to the New York Times investigation into sexual misconduct claims.
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan are in last talks to play the 2 journalists — Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor — who wrote the e-book and who received a Pulitzer Prize in October 2017 for his or her reporting on the story.
After preliminary tales broke within the New York Times and the New Yorker, some 100 ladies got here ahead with allegations of sexual misconduct by Weinstein, one among Hollywood’s strongest figures.
Weinstein, who has denied having non-consensual intercourse with anybody, was sentenced to 23 years in jail for raping and sexually assaulting two ladies in New York in March 2020. He has appealed the conviction and is in search of a brand new trial, in addition to extradition to Los Angeles to face additional rape expenses.
The e-book The She Said focuses on months of behind-the-scenes investigation and authorized hurdles that Twohey and Kantor confronted in publishing their report.
Although the Weinstein scandal has been the topic of a number of documentaries and has impressed movies and TV reveals similar to The Assistant and The Morning Show, She Said itself is the primary function movie based mostly on claims towards the producer.
It will likely be directed by German filmmaker Maria Schrader. No anticipated launch date was introduced.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
