‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Lena Headey To Make Directorial Debut On Thriller ‘Violet’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Game of Thrones and 300 star Lena Headey is to make her feature directorial debut on psychological thriller Violet.Based on the successful recent novel by SJI Holliday, the story follows two solo female travelers who immediately hit it off and decide to team up for the next leg of their adventure.
As the journey continues things start to unravel – because neither of the women is who they claim to be.Producers describe it to us as having elements of The Talented Mr.
Ripley and Single White Female, while publishers have also compared it to Killing Eve.The project heralds from UK producer-financier Goldfinch Entertainment.
Screenplay is penned by Gareth Pritchard, whose Sankara Pictures (The Rise) will co-produce with Mark Foligno (Moon) of Limelight CTL and Ben Charles Edwards (Quant) and Phil McKenzie (Twist) of Goldfinch Entertainment.The book originally was optioned by Dark Alliance Film.
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