Emilia Jones, identified for enjoying the lead in “CODA,” is taking the lead in “Winner,” a darkly comedic biopic primarily based on whistleblower Reality Winner. Directed by Susanna Fogel, the author of “Booksmart,” and the author/director of “The Spy Who Dumped Me” (2018), Connie Britton has been forged to play Reality’s mom, and Zach Galifianakis as Reality’s father. Danny Ramirez and Kathryn Newton additionally will star.
After exposing Russia’s interference within the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Reality Winner was sentenced to 5 and a half years in jail — the longest sentence ever given to somebody charged underneath the Espionage Act — for leaking a authorities doc.
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The story follows Winner (Jones), an excellent younger misfit from Texas who finds her morals challenged whereas serving within the U.S. Air Force and dealing as an NSA contractor. According to Deadline, the movie will supply a recent tackle the standard whistleblower thriller; the coming-of-age story follows an idealistic younger lady persecuted for standing by her ideas.
The movie is written by Kerry Howley and Fogel and primarily based on Howley’s 2017 New York Magazine function titled, ‘The World’s Biggest Terrorist Has a Pikachu Bedspread.’
“As a filmmaker, I strive to tell stories that interrogate the world we live in and the systems that are broken in it. But in a fun way. Reality Winner is the perfect heroine for a film that meditates on ideas of personal power, morality, and finding your voice,” Fogel mentioned in a press release. “She’s a true individual: she speaks many languages, she loves her guns, she could destroy you on Twitter, and her obsession with Pikachu is unmatched. She’s the perfect mouthpiece for a generation of people who are unique and fed up with feeling powerless. And there is no one more perfect to play her than Emilia Jones, one of the most exciting young actresses working today. I hope Reality’s story will inspire others to speak up and defend their beliefs, whatever the cost. I’m thrilled to partner with this team of artists and activists to bring this movie to life.”
No phrase when the movie will shoot, however that’s a reasonably nice bundle of a forged and filmmaker.