Hathaway may feature in 'The Last Thing...'
Los Angeles
February 19, 2017
Actress Anne Hathaway is in talks to star in director Dee
Rees "The Last Thing He Wanted", which is based on the Joan Didion's political
thriller.
Marco Villalobos penned the screenplay, which is "a thrilling
story of one woman, alone and unrelenting in a race against time", read a
statement to variety.com.
The film will be co-produced by Cassian Elwes.
Elwes optioned the book from Didion to develop it with Rees after their
collaboration on "Mudbound", which received four Academy Award nominations,
including one for Rees for adapted screenplay.
The film, which is in
pre-production, is based on the journalist Elena McMahon, who finds herself on
dangerous ground as the Iran Contra Affair's arms for drugs plot reaches its
tipping point.
Los Angeles
February 19, 2017
Actress Anne Hathaway is in talks to star in director Dee
Rees "The Last Thing He Wanted", which is based on the Joan Didion's political
thriller.
Marco Villalobos penned the screenplay, which is "a thrilling
story of one woman, alone and unrelenting in a race against time", read a
statement to variety.com.
The film will be co-produced by Cassian Elwes.
Elwes optioned the book from Didion to develop it with Rees after their
collaboration on "Mudbound", which received four Academy Award nominations,
including one for Rees for adapted screenplay.
The film, which is in
pre-production, is based on the journalist Elena McMahon, who finds herself on
dangerous ground as the Iran Contra Affair's arms for drugs plot reaches its
tipping point.
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