Anne Hathaway & Thomasin McKenzie Thriller ‘Eileen’ Launches Sales At EFM Via Endeavor Content & WME Independent
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie feature, Eileen, based on Ottessa Moshfegh bestseller, which just wrapped in New Jersey, is being sold at EFM by Endeavor Content and WME Independent.Deadline has learned that Marin Ireland (Hell or High Water, Homeland) and Owen Teague (It, Mrs.
Fletcher) are also starring in the Endeavor Content, Likely Story, Omniscient Productions, Film4 produced film. They join previously announced, Shea Whigham, in the William Oldroyd directed movie.In the film, Eileen (McKenzie) is a peculiar young woman – aloof and unphased by the gloomy nature of her job at the local youth prison.
But something in her changes the day that the new counselor, Dr. Rebecca St. John (Oscar winner Hathaway) arrives. She is instantly captivated by Rebecca’s glamorous, enigmatic presence.
As the two women grow closer, Eileen is inspired to explore new facets of her own personality and desires. But her metamorphosis takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret – throwing Eileen onto a much more sinister path.Luke Goebel and Moshfegh adapted the screenplay off the latter’s Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award-winning novel, which was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize.“This is a movie about a woman breaking free,” said the pic’s producer, Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman. “Eileen is stuck inside the constraints of history, place, social class, upbringing, and imagination, and Rebecca provides her with a deviant way out.
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