HBO has ordered a limited series based on Olivier Assayas’ 1996 feature film Irma Vep with Alicia Vikander on board to star and exec produce.Alicia Vikander, who is won the Oscar for best supporting actress for The Danish Girl, will play Mira, an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, who moves to France to star as Irma Vep in a remake of the French silent film classic, Les Vampires.The series, which is loosely based on the film, will be written and directed by Assayas, who revealed he was working on the adaptation back in May.
It will be produced by the team behind HBO’s Euphoria, A24, Sam Levinson and Kevin TurenFeature film Irma Vep starred Maggie Cheung as herself and Jean-Pierre Leaud as the middle-aged
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