Sydney Sweeney is ready to star in ‘I Pretended to Be a Lacking Lady’.
The ‘Anybody However You’ star will even produce the film – which is predicated on a Reddit quick story by Joe Cote – by way of her Fifty-Fifty Movies agency.
The story, which is being tailored for the large display screen by ‘Dune’ author Eric Roth, follows a drifter who impersonates a lacking woman so as to rob her household, solely to understand she’s made a horrible mistake.
In addition to Sydney, Vertigo’s Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Trevor Engelson and Aaron Folbe at Underground will even function producers.
The ‘Euphoria’ actress has a busy interval forward as she has ‘The Housemaid’ – a thriller that additionally stars Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar – opening in December.
A synopsis for that film said: “Millie (Sydney Sweeney) is a struggling younger lady who’s relieved to get a recent begin as a housemaid to Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew (Brandon Sklenar), an upscale, rich couple. She quickly learns that the household’s secrets and techniques are much more harmful than her personal.”
Lionsgate Movement Image Group co-president Erin Westerman stated: “A part of the enjoyable of the guide was imagining the forged whereas we learn it, and Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried are excellent for Millie and Nina – they’re each mysterious, nuanced, and extremely expert at changing into characters who do not reveal all the things straight away.
“We’re thrilled to staff them with Paul Feig, who we labored with on ‘A Easy Favor’ and its upcoming sequel, and has a confirmed observe report of creating tales with dynamic feminine leads.”
The ‘White Lotus’ actress will even produce and play Kim Novak in ‘Scandalous!’, Colman Domingo’s directorial debut which follows the key love afffair between her character and Rat Pack legend Sammy Davis Jr. in 1957.
Up subsequent, Sydney has ‘Echo Valley’ with Juliane Moore, Kyle MacLachlan and Domhnall Gleeson, and the ‘Euphoria’ star can be resulting from play trailblazing boxer Christy Martin – described because the “feminine Rocky” by producers – in a biopic.
Sydney beforehand spoke of her pleasure at bringing her “highly effective” story to the large display screen.
She stated: “Christy Martin not solely legitimised feminine boxing, she overcame gender stereotypes, and fought by way of emotional, bodily, and monetary abuse.
“I’m passionate in regards to the preventing world, Christy’s story shines a lightweight on her unbelievable rise to the highest whereas exhibiting the struggles of fame behind the curtains.
“I really feel compelled to inform a narrative a few lady who confronted a lot adversity and didn’t enable it to defeat her. It’s highly effective, and emotional.”
