Following her win at Sunday’s Emmys, Elisabeth Moss has signed a deal to star in the abortion drama “Call Jane,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. “My Week With Marilyn” helmer Simon Curtis will direct, while Robbie Brenner, whose credits includes “Dallas Buyers Club,” is producing alongside Jeff Kwatinetz and Kevin McKeon of The Firm. “Call Jane” will tell the true story of an underground network of women who secretly provided abortions in 1960s Chicago. Moss is set to play Jane, a woman who becomes pregnant and discovers the underground network. Also Read: Elisabeth Moss Bleeped During Emmys Acceptance.
- 9/19/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
On the heels of her groundbreaking best actress Emmy win for Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Elisabeth Moss has signed on to star in Call Jane, an abortion drama to be directed by My Week With Marilyn filmmaker Simon Curtis.
Robbie Brenner, one of the producers behind the Oscar-winning Matthew McConaughey AIDS drama Dallas Buyers Club, is producing the indie along with Jeff Kwatinetz and Kevin McKeon of The Firm
Call Jane focuses on the true story set in 1960s Chicago of an underground network of suburban women who secretly provide safe abortions for women in need pre-Roe v. Wade.
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Robbie Brenner, one of the producers behind the Oscar-winning Matthew McConaughey AIDS drama Dallas Buyers Club, is producing the indie along with Jeff Kwatinetz and Kevin McKeon of The Firm
Call Jane focuses on the true story set in 1960s Chicago of an underground network of suburban women who secretly provide safe abortions for women in need pre-Roe v. Wade.
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- 9/18/2017
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After working with his father, Mel Gibson, on the upcoming WWII movie “Hacksaw Ridge,” Milo Gibson is riding a wave of career momentum that has carried him to a key supporting role opposite Maika Monroe and Jennifer Garner in “The Tribes of Palos Verdes,” TheWrap has learned. Emmett and Brendan Malloy are directing the coming-of-age drama from a script by Karen Croner, who adapted Joy Nicholson’s debut Ya novel. Croner is producing with Robbie Brenner (“Dallas Buyers Club”) of The Firm, whose Jeff Kwatinetz will executive produce with Kevin McKeon. Monroe (“It Follows”) and Cody Fern (“War Horse”) star as two teenagers.
- 2/2/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
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