Sister, Taffy Brodesser-Akner Partner on ‘The Get,’ Drama Set in Ultra-Orthodox Communities
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSister will partner with Taffy Brodesser-Akner on “The Get,” a feature film based on Matt Shaer’s GQ piece “The Orthodox Hit Squad.”Brodesser-Akner, best known for her New York Times Magazine profiles of the likes of Val Kilmer to Bradley Cooper along with her best-seller “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” will write the screenplay. “The Get” unfolds in New York and New Jersey’s ultra-orthodox communities.