Bennett, star of The Girl on the Train, is in early talks to join the pic.

Ron Howard will be helming the adaptation for Netflix from a script by The Shape of Water’s Vanessa Taylor. The streaming giant boarded the project after it won the property in a bidding war. It will finance the feature based on JD Vance’s bestselling memoir for $45 million.

Should she join, she will star opposite previously announced Amy Adams and Glenn Close. Bennett’s role has not been announced. Gabriel Basso is also abroad the project. 

The story is modern exploration of the American dream and follows three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member, a Yale law student forced to return to his hometown.

Howard will also serve as producer alongside Brian Grazer and Karen Lunder for Imagine Entertainment. Julie Oh and Vance will executive produce.

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Vanessa Taylor, who co-wrote the Academy Award-winning feature Shape of Water, will write the screenplay. J.D. Vance will take part in the film as an executive producer.

Hillbilly Elegy was released in June 2016 and managed to reach the top of The New York Times Best Seller list. The book talks about three generations of his family and their Appalachian values through the eyes of Vance, a Yale law student who returns to his hometown of Middletown, Ohio. It tackles numerous themes including trauma, poverty, drug abuse, and alcoholism.  

Besides Hillbilly Elegy, Amy Adams has several other projects lined up for the future including reprising her role of Giselle from 2007’s musical fantasy Enchanted in its upcoming sequel Disenchanted. Adams will also star as the lead in movie adaptation of Joe Wright’s The Woman in the Window, which is set for release on October 4, 2019.

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Bennett, star of The Girl on the Train, is in early talks to join the pic.

Ron Howard will be helming the adaptation for Netflix from a script by The Shape of Water’s Vanessa Taylor. The streaming giant boarded the project after it won the property in a bidding war. It will finance the feature based on JD Vance’s bestselling memoir for $45 million.

Should she join, she will star opposite previously announced Amy Adams and Glenn Close. Bennett’s role has not been announced. Gabriel Basso is also abroad the project. 

The story is modern exploration of the American dream and follows three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member, a Yale law student forced to return to his hometown.

Howard will also serve as producer alongside Brian Grazer and Karen Lunder for Imagine Entertainment. Julie Oh and Vance will executive produce.

The post Haley Bennett in Talks to Join “Hillbilly Elegy” appeared first on Entertainment For Us.

Vanessa Taylor, who co-wrote the Academy Award-winning feature Shape of Water, will write the screenplay. J.D. Vance will take part in the film as an executive producer.

Hillbilly Elegy was released in June 2016 and managed to reach the top of The New York Times Best Seller list. The book talks about three generations of his family and their Appalachian values through the eyes of Vance, a Yale law student who returns to his hometown of Middletown, Ohio. It tackles numerous themes including trauma, poverty, drug abuse, and alcoholism.  

Besides Hillbilly Elegy, Amy Adams has several other projects lined up for the future including reprising her role of Giselle from 2007’s musical fantasy Enchanted in its upcoming sequel Disenchanted. Adams will also star as the lead in movie adaptation of Joe Wright’s The Woman in the Window, which is set for release on October 4, 2019.

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