Harvey Weinstein is not yet done talking about him. The fallen Hollywood producer, sentenced for rape and sexual assault to 23 years in prison, will indeed be the subject of a film. The feature film will tell the story of the investigation that knocked the 69-year-old off his pedestal and sparked the
#MeToo
movement
. If the project to make a film about Weinstein had been announced in 2018, it has since remained at a standstill. Only the production company had been unveiled, namely Plan B Entertainment, owned by Brad Pitt. A project that is close to the heart of the actor of
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
, since in 1994 he had forbidden the producer to approach his girlfriend at the time, Gwyneth Paltrow, sexually harassed by Weinstein.
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Title
She Said
, the film by Universal Pictures will be a bestseller adaptation of the
New York Times
,
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement (
or
history of sexual harassment that helped spark a movement ,
in French).
This book, published in 2019 and written by two reporters from the American media, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, traces how these journalists managed to prove the rapes and sexual abuse perpetrated by Harvey Weinstein.
Based on information from
Deadline
, the film will not therefore be centered on the person of Weinstein, but it will be a question of showing how a team of women journalists managed, despite the attempts of prosecution and intimidation, to reveal a scandal that has rocked Hollywood. and the whole world.
According to
Deadline
, Zoe Kazan (
The Rebel Wedding Party, Her Name Is Ruby
) and Carey Mulligan, the
Oscar-nominated
Gatsby
actress
for her role in
Promising Young Women
, are expected to play the two
New York Times
reporters
. The two actresses have already worked together in 2008 on Broadway in the play
La Mouette
by Anton Chekhov. German actress and director Maria Schrader will be at the helm of this feature film, whose film
I'm Your Man
released this year was screened in the official selection at the Berlinale 2021. Rebecca Lenkiewicz, screenwriter of
Disobedience
, crowned at the 2014 Oscars in the best foreign film category, will be in writing. Filming is scheduled to begin this summer.