Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett (The Aviator) will play cartoonist Marisa Acocella Marchetto in a feature film based on her memoir, Cancer Vixen: A True Story. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Blanchette may also produce the film with husband Andrew Upton through their Dirty Films shingle.
In her book, Marchetto, whose cartoons have been featured in Glamour and The New Yorker, documented her struggle to maintain her fashionista lifestyle and carry out wedding plans after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The film rights were recently bought by Working Title. Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are producing with Debra Hayward overseeingfor Working Title.
Blanchett will next be seen alongside Brad Pitt in Babel, which opens next month. The two will also pair for David Lynch’s Benjamin Button, which begins production in January.
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