(Left) Lily Collins attends the Academy’s 8th Annual Governors Awards in The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, CA, on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Credit/Provider: Aaron Poole / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. (Right) Audrey Hepburn in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
Preview:
- Lily Collins is playing Audrey Hepburn in a new Movie.
- The film will chronicle the making of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’.
- It’ll adapt Sam Wasson’s book ‘Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman.’
For all its controversial racial casting issues, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s remains a stand-out romantic comedy drama, one that helped turn Audrey Hepburn into a star.
Now, after looking to make the movie for years, ‘Emily in Paris’ star Lily Collins has seen the development work pay off as she’s attached to play Hepburn in a film about the making of ‘Tiffany’s’.
“Audrey Hepburn plays that daring, darling Holly Golightly to a new high in entertainment delight!”
Release Date: Oct 6, 1961
Run Time: 1 hr 55 min
Budget: $2,500,000
While there’s no director attached yet, ‘Dickinson’ creator Alena Smith will adapt the script from Sam Wasson’s book ‘Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman.’
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What’s the story of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’?
Adapted from the novella by Truman Capote, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ follows the socialite Holly Golightly (Hepburn) as she meets a struggling writer who moves into her apartment building.
Described in the press release as the “first complete account of the making of the film,” the upcoming movie will chronicle the influential romantic comedy through the chaotic pre-production (Capote wanted Marilyn Monroe to play Holly Golightly and felt the studio, Paramount, double crossed him by casting Hepburn) and on-set drama (a crew member was reportedly nearly electrocuted while filming the iconic opening sequence outside the flagship Tiffany & Co. on Fifth Avenue).
Collins hit Instagram to document her joy at the film’s progress:
Who else is involved in the new movie?
Imagine Entertainment is backing the film, with executives Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody and Justin Wilkes serving as producers on behalf of the production company. Marc Gilbar will executive produce and Joyce Choi will oversee the development.
Where else can we see Lily Collins?
Actor Lily Collins prior to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ presentation of its 2018 Academy Nicholl Fellowships Screenwriting Awards & Live Read on November 8, in Beverly Hills. Credit/Provider: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
In addition to her continuing starring role on Netflix’s ‘Emily in Paris’, Collins is also attached to new drama ‘Titan’, comedy ‘Close Personal Friends’ (which will also star Brie Larson and Jack Quaid) and ‘Halo of Stars,’ which will see her playing a circus performer.
Lily Collins attends the red carpet for ‘Emily in Paris’ Season 4. Photo: Valentin Lecron / Netflix.
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