Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Nook House Productions has tapped Ethan Hawke to direct a documentary project about the lives and careers of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, authorized by the family.The producers include Emily Wachtel and Lisa Long Adler of Nook House Productions and Adam Gibbs, and Ryan Hawke of Under the Influence Productions.In a statement Hawke said he promises a “rare and exclusive look at the careers of both actors and a complex 50-year relationship that ultimately managed to beat incredible odds.”Newman and Woodward’s love story is truly one that seems written for Hollywood.
They first met as colleagues in the early 1950s while working in New York City on a Broadway production of the romantic drama.
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