While Pariah is yet to debut in the UK, its tale of a young, black woman dealing with her identity and sexuality has made huge waves in the US, winning gongs at the Independent Spirit Awards, Sundance and elsewhere.
It’s ensured there’s been a lot of interest in director Dee Rees, and now Variety reports that she’s attached to a new movie, This Man This Woman. Producer Mike Lobell has been developing the movie for 17 years and is now pushing forward with Rees set to helm.
Frederic Raphael (Eyes Wide Shut) wrote the script, which is about a divorced couple who’ve been struck by tragedy and start to rekindle their relationship when they seated next to one another on a plane.
It’s not the only project Rees is working on, as she’s teamed up with Viola Davis to develop a TV series for HBO, as well as putting together a southern-set thriller called Bolo and a script titled Large Print, about a recently divorced insurance salesman. It’s not clear whether any of these deal explicitly with homosexuality, which was a theme that ran through many of her shorts. Lobell and Rees will now seek high profile talent before trying to get funding for This Man This Woman.
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