Elizabeth Banks to Star in Medical Drama ‘A Mistake’ From Director Christine Jeffs
thewrap.comElizabeth Banks will star in a medical drama called “A Mistake,” in which she plays a surgeon fighting for her career after the death of a patient.Christine Jeffs (“Sunshine Cleaning,” “Sylvia,” “Rain”) will write and direct the film that’s based on a novel by Carl Shuker.
The film will be shopped to buyers at the upcoming Cannes market, and principal photography is meant to begin on Aug. 15 in New Zealand. “A Mistake” stars Banks as Elizabeth Taylor, a gifted surgeon and the only female consultant at her hospital.
But while operating on a young woman, something goes horribly wrong. In the midst of a new scheme to publicly report surgeons’ performance, her colleagues begin to close ranks, and Elizabeth’s life is thrown into disarray.
Tough and abrasive, Elizabeth has survived and succeeded in this most demanding field, as well as navigated years of casual sexism at her hospital.
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