EXCLUSIVE: Director Jacques Audiard will helm Emilia Perez, a comedy that will star Argentinian actress Karla Sofia Gascón , with talks underway with Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana.Will provide more details when I get them, but this is creating buzz in the Cannes market.
It’s a musical comedy about an El Chapo-type fugitive who can’t get away from the law so has a sex change. Ten years later she misses her children immensely and returns as their aunt.
LPI is financing, and Wild Bunch will be selling international along with CAA Media Finance, which is also selling North American territories.
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