Carey Mulligan to play journalist in film on Harvey Weinstein scandal

The first Hollywood function film to focus immediately on the Harvey Weinstein scandal is due to begin manufacturing in the summer time, Universal Pictures stated on Monday.

She Said is predicated on the 2019 ebook of the identical identify in regards to the New York Times investigation into claims of sexual misconduct by Weinstein.

Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan are in remaining negotiations to play the 2 journalists – Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor – who wrote the ebook and who received Pulitzer Prizes for his or her reporting in October 2017 on the story.

Some 100 ladies got here ahead with accusations of sexual misconduct by Weinstein, then one of the crucial highly effective figures in Hollywood, after the preliminary tales broke in the New York Times and the New Yorker.

Weinstein, who has denied having non-consensual intercourse with anybody, was sentenced in New York in March 2020 to 23 years in jail for rape and sexual assault involving two ladies. He has appealed the conviction and is in search of a brand new trial, whereas additionally dealing with extradition to Los Angeles to face additional prices of rape.

The She Said ebook focuses on the months of behind the scenes investigations and authorized obstacles that Twohey and Kantor confronted in order to publish their reviews.

Although the Weinstein scandal has been the topic of a number of documentaries and has impressed movies and TV exhibits comparable to The Assistant and The Morning Show, She Said is the primary function film based mostly on the claims towards the producer himself.

It will likely be directed by German filmmaker Maria Schrader. No anticipated launch date was introduced.