Yesterday, Jessica was spotted at LAX.
NEW YORK — Jessica Biel, Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas have sold their “Easy Virtue” to Sony Pictures Classics.
The specialty division picked up U.S., South African and Latin American rights to the comedy based on Noel Coward’s play, which premiered last month at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Set in the 1920s, Stephan Elliott’s adaptation folows a young woman (Biel) whose happiness with her new husband (Ben Barnes) is offset by the fierce disapproval of her new in-laws (Firth and Thomas).
Barnaby Thompson, Joe Abrams and James D. Stern produced the film. SPC recently picked up another Toronto premiere produced and directed by Stern, the “Chorus Line” docu “Every Little Step.”
Ealing’s Natalie Brenner and Thompson and Endgame’s Douglas Hansen negotiated the deal with SPC.
The official website for Easy Virtue has finally been opened, it’s nothing but a “holding page” as of now, but hopefully soon it will launch fully and we’ll get an official poster, downloads, and a ton of other goodies! Be sure to check it out
Thanks to Stephen!
Finally we got 15 new candids from Jesse after the Rome vacation, she looks very relaxed and very good!
RIO DE JANEIRO — Sony Pictures Classics has picked up Latin American rights to Stephan Elliott’s “Easy Virtue,” the 1920s-set romantic comedy with dynamite disco tracks.
Pic, loosely based on the play by Noel Coward about a British aristocrat who falls for an American divorcee, much to the chagrin of his family, has won praise from critics and marks a comeback for Elliott, who was forced to put his career on hold for almost a decade after suffering a near-fatal ski accident in France.
Pic stars Ben Barnes, Jessica Biel, Kristin Scott Thomas and Colin Firth.
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