Gillian Anderson acquires 'Gellhorn'

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Anderson to play Gellhorn
Published 7/1/2008 at Filmstalker
... Martha Gellhorn is considered one of the great war correspondents, and covered several major wars during her career. She reported on the Spanish Civil War, the rise of Adolf Hitler and World War II. She was also married to Ernest Hemingway, and was a friend of Eleanor Roosevelt. She definitely lived a full life, and Anderson will be playing her in the film. Her production company Fiddlehead Prods will be making it, with Anderson producing. She had this to say about her new project on Variety : Martha Gellhorn was one of the most respected ...

Gillian Anderson Will Play Another Kind of Skeptic: A Journalist
Published 7/1/2008 by Eric D. Snider at Cinematical
... , as you know -- but what about after that? Well, Variety brings us word that Anderson's production company has bought the rights to a 2004 biography of Martha Gellhorn (whom you've never heard of, but hang on), and that Anderson will produce a film adaptation and play the leading role. ...

Dept. of Good Casting
Published 7/1/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Simon Crowe) at Mostly Movies
Gillian Anderson to produce and star in biopic of war correspondent Martha Gellhorn. (Variety)