Colman Domingo Helming ‘Scandalous’ At Miramax; Sydney Sweeney Plays Kim Novak, David Jonsson Is Sammy Davis Jr.
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Colman Domingo will make his directorial debut in Scandalous, a fast tracked Miramax drama about the clandestine love affair between film star Kim Novak and singer/dancer and film star Sammy Davis Jr.
in 1957. Sydney Sweeney will play Novak, and David Jonsson will play Davis Jr. Plan is to shoot the film — imagine a movie about classic Hollywood being shot in Los Angeles — when Domingo and Sweeney complete Season 3 of the HBO series Euphoria.
Much the way she did with the sleeper hit Anyone But You, Sweeney was very active in putting this one together and she will be a producer along with Tani Cohen and Bobby Rock, with Jon Levin exec producing.
Matthew Fantaci wrote the script. Before he became Miramax CEO, Jon Glickman originated the project at Panoramic, and remained high on it.
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