Rights were first optioned to the book “She Said” by Annapurna Pictures and Plan B Entertainment, under their co-production agreement, back in 2018. Annapurna’s Oscar nominee Megan Ellison will executive produce the film alongside Sue Naegle. Meanwhile, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner (Best Picture Oscar winners for “12 Years a Slave”) will produce for Plan B. The film, like the book, is said to focus not on Harvey Weinstein or the scandal itself, but instead on the all-women cadre of journalists who faced down intimidation and legal threats to break the bombshell report, which published on October 5, 2017. “She Said” is also reported to be told in a procedural style similar to Best Picture winner “Spotlight” and nominee “All the President’s Men,” two of the most celebrated films ever made about journalism’s power to bring corruption to light. While Mulligan and Kazan have never appeared onscreen together, they did co-star in a Broadway adaptation of Chekhov’s “The Seagull” back in 2008. Later, in 2018, Carey Mulligan starred in “Wildlife,” co-written and produced by Kazan, and directed by her partner Paul Dano. This year, Carey Mulligan received waves of applause and kudos, as well as a Best Actress Academy Award nomination, for her performance in “Promising Young Woman.” Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
