Billie Eilish is set to make her film acting debut in Sarah Polley‘s film adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar.”
Academy Award winner Polley is set to adapt and direct the film, her first movie since winning the best adapted screenplay Oscar for “Women Talking” in 2023.
The project, which has landed at Focus Features, will be produced by Joy Gorman Wettels (Little House on the Prairie, 13 Reasons Why), Plan B Entertainment, and StudioCanal. Gorman Wettels originated the project through her company Joy Coalition, packaging the project with Eilish and Polley and partnering with Plan B and StudioCanal ahead of Focus boarding.
Eilish is represented by WME, Sandbox Entertainment, and High Rise PR; Polley is represented by WME, GGA, and Circle Management; and Gorman Wettels is repped by Nina Shaw at Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein Lezcano Bobb & Dang.
Deadline first reported details of the project.
More to come…
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