Sister To Produce ‘The Get’ Based On GQ Article; ‘Fleishman Is In Trouble’ Author Taffy Brodesser-Akner To Adapt
Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorSister is teaming with New York Times bestselling author and journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner to develop and produce the feature film The Get, based on Matt Shaer’s GQ article “The Orthodox Hit Squad.” Brodesser-Akner will write the feature.Carolyn Strauss and Kate Fenske are producing for Sister alongside Shaer.The Get follows how communities take care of each other in the name of what’s right, and how “right” can be a moving target. In New York and New Jersey’s ultra-orthodox communities, one notorious rabbi, Mendel Epstein, was sought for help in managing the worst divorce cases, where husbands exploited Jewish law to deny their wives freedom from miserable marriages.