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Cannes Market: Alicia Witt’s Romantic Comedy ‘Modern Persuasion’ Bought by Myriad

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Dave McNary Film ReporterMyriad Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the Alicia Witt romantic comedy “Modern Persuasion,” which will premiere at the Cannes Virtual Market.The film, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1817 novel “Persuasion,” is directed by Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki from a script by Lisecki and Barbara Radecki.

The film also stars Liza Lapira, Daniela Pineda, Shane McRae and Bebe Neuwirth.“Modern Persuasion” centers on Witt’s character, a happily single and self-confessed workaholic who, after steadfastly rising to the top of the ladder in the New York corporate publicity world, finds herself coming home every night to her cat.

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