The Crown actor Claire Foy to headline The Pisces

The Crown star Claire Foy has discovered her subsequent function venture in The Pisces, primarily based on Melissa Broder’s critically acclaimed novel of the identical title.

Gillian Robespierre, identified for indies like Apparent Little one and Landline, is hooked up to direct the movie.

Based on Deadline, Broder and Robespierre have penned the script.

Foy will play Lucy, a PhD pupil plagued with author’s block and romantic obsession in The Pisces. The film chronicles Lucy’s erotic infatuation with a merman.

Regardless of the fantastical ingredient, the movie is an exploration of the boundaries between pleasure and possession and the best way girls select the boys of their lives.

Anne Carey developed the script with Broder and Robespierre. Carey and Amy Nauiokas will produce below their Archer Grey banner.

Foy will subsequent be seen in Louis Wain alongside Benedict Cumberbatch for Amazon Studios and the English-language remake of the French thriller My Son, additionally starring James McAvoy.