Carey Mulligan Starring In Film About Harvey Weinstein Scandal

Carey Mulligan (Focus Feature)

JAKARTA - The production house Universal Pictures is preparing a film called She Said. The film is adapted from the book She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement.

Citing Deadline today, Tuesday, June 8, Universal is in negotiations with actresses Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan to play the two central characters, Twohey and Kantor.

As the name implies, She Said's story begins on October 5, 2017 when Kantor and Twohey uncovered a number of sexual harassment by the owner of The Weinstein Company (TWC), Harvey Weinstein.

An exclusive article they wrote reveals the money paid to close the case and the actress who tried to report Weinstein. The article not only got this producer fired from TWC but also found guilty and sentenced to 23 years in prison.

The case became one of the triggers for the #MeToo and #TimesUp campaigns that also changed the Hollywood industry.

In the format of the film, Universal does not focus on the figure of Weinstein but the entire team of female journalists who try to investigate the case in the midst of the threats they get.

Mulligan and Kazan have co-starred in a Broadway production in 2018. Reportedly, the film will be directed by Maria Schrader and written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Production will begin this summer.