EXCLUSIVE: Nicholas Galitzine, the rising star recently tapped to lead Amazon MGM and Mattel’s live-action Masters of the Universe, has signed on to star in 100 Nights of Hero, an adaptation of Isabel Greenberg’s same-name graphic novel from director Julia Jackman (Bonus Track).
A feminist fairy tale inspired by One Thousand and One Nights (or Arabian Nights, as the folk tale collection is also known), The 100 Nights of Hero was published by Little, Brown and Company in December 2016.
The story centers around two women, Cherry and Hero, who are in love. Cherry is married to a man named Jerome, who, despite his marriage, makes a bet with his friend, a lecherous villain named Manfred, that Manfred can seduce Cherry within 100 nights.
If Manfred succeeds, Jerome will give Cherry to him. Cherry, however, isn’t interested and devises a plan with her lover, Hero, who over the course of 100 nights, will tell him a series of captivating stories to distract him from his seduction attempts.
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