British filmmaker Ben Wheatley will direct adaptation of Daphne du Maurier\u2019s gothic classic from a sript penned by Jane Goldman<\/b>
\nLily James and Armie Hammer are set to star in British director Ben Wheatley\u2019s \u201cRebecca,\u201d a new gothic romantic thriller for Netflix.
The film is an adaptation of English author Daphne du Maurier\u2019s 1938 classic of the same name. Jane Goldman (\u201cKingsman\u201d series, \u201cX-Men: First Class\u201d) will write the screenplay.
\u201cRebecca\u201d tells the story of a newly-married young woman who, on arriving at her husband\u2019s imposing family estate on a bleak English coast, finds herself battling the shadow of his dead first wife, the mysterious titular character, whose legacy continues to haunt the house.
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Du Maurier\u2019s work has been adapted for the big screen several times, most-notably when Alfred Hitchcock won the 1940 Best Picture Oscar for his version, which starred Sir Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine.
James starred earlier this year in \u201cMamma Mia! Here We Go Again,\u201d which earned $393.4 million worldwide at the box office. She also starred opposite Ansel Elgort in \u201cBaby Driver\u201d and in the Academy Award-winning \u201cDarkest Hour.\u201d James will soon be seen in the untitled Danny Boyle film for Universal Pictures.
Hammer has worked with Wheatley before in the action-comedy \u201cFree Fire.\u201d Earlier this year, he starred in Boots Riley\u2019s \u201cSorry to Bother You.\u201d Hammer will next be seen opposite Felicity Jones in Mimi Leder\u2019s \u201cOn The Basis of Sex,\u201d and then Anthony Maras\u2019 \u201cHotel Mumbai\u201d with Dev Patel and an untitled project from Babak Anvari.
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The film will be produced with Working Title, which has made more than 100 films that have grossed more than $7.5 billion worldwide to date and won 14 Academy Awards and 40 BAFTA Awards.
Some of Working Title\u2019s upcoming projects include Josie Rourke\u2019s \u201cMary, Queen of Scots,\u201d starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie; Joe Cornish\u2019s \u201cThe Kid Who Would Be King,\u201d starring Patrick Stewart and Rebecca Ferguson and Marjane Satrapi\u2019s Marie Curie biopic \u201cRadioactive,\u201d starring Rosamund Pike.
Eric Fellner will produce for Working Title, along with producers Tim Bevan and Nira Park.
Hammer is represented by WME and Sloane Offer and James is repped by UTA. Wheatley is repped by WME, Independent Talent Group and Bloom Hergott. And Goldman is repped by WME and Independent Talent Group<\/p>\n

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