Frances McDormand is already a two-time Oscar winner – and may be in line for another statue this year thanks to her performance in Chloe Zhao‘s Nomadland – but she’s not resting on her laurels and sticking to easy roles. McDormand has signed on to star in Women Talking, an adaptation of Miriam Toews‘ bestselling novel. Sarah Polley,[…]
Deadline reports that Sarah Polley, director of acclaimed family-centred documentary The Stories We Tell, will helm an adaptation of David Gilbert‘s celebrated novel & Sons. Gilbert‘s novel follows an ageing father who gathers his estranged sons after a psychological breakdown. It centres on the nature of paternal relationships and our understanding of our own lives through narrative structures,[…]
Canadian actor Sarah Polley will adapt John Green’s book Looking for Alaska for the movie screen. The plot follows Miles Halter who leads a mundane life, he enrols at boarding school Culver Creek where he meets Alaska Young. She is exciting, confident and beautiful and Miles soon falls for her, but an abrupt death forces Miles to make an[…]