Lily Collins to play Audrey Hepburn in movie about making of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”

Lily Collins is bringing a long-brewing undertaking to fruition. The Emily in Paris star is about to painting display icon Audrey Hepburn in a movie telling the story behind the making of the 1961 romantic comedy Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

The brand new film relies on Sam Wasson's New York Instances best-selling e-book Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's and the Dawn of the Modern Woman, with a screenplay written by Alena Smith, the creator of the Hailee Steinfield-led Apple collection Dickinson. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. is billed as a whole account of the making of the basic movie. The e-book delves into the story of the film's manufacturing, together with the roles of Breakfast at Tiffany's author Truman Capote, costumer Edith Head, director Blake Edwards, and naturally Hepburn.

The late Oscar winner, who died at 63 in 1993, famously costarred with George Peppard within the movie, which follows Holly Golightly (Hepburn) as she falls in love with Paul Varjak (Peppard) after he strikes into the identical New York Metropolis residence constructing she lives in. The film, which additionally starred Mickey Rooney, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen and Martin Balsam, received two Academy Awards in 1962.

Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. reveals a chaotic perception into the movie's making, chronicling every little thing from the dramatic preproduction — throughout which Capote allegedly needed Marilyn Monroe to play Holly Golightly and felt that studio Paramount "double-crossed" him by casting Hepburn — to the on-set drama and subsequent cultural affect.

Along with cementing Hepburn as a world vogue plate and cultural icon, Breakfast at Tiffany's grow to be a cinematic staple (it entered the U.S. Nationwide Movie Registry in 2012).

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Collins, who has usually shared her admiration for Hepburn with followers and leaned into her hanging resemblance to the late star in previous picture shoots, rejoice the information on social media Monday. She posted a photograph of Hepburn to Instagram and revealed that she had been engaged on the undertaking for almost a decade.

"It's with virtually 10 years of improvement and a lifetime of admiration and adoration for Audrey that I'm lastly in a position share this," Collins wrote. "Honored and ecstatic don't start to precise how I really feel…"

Collins is growing the undertaking underneath her Case Examine Movies manufacturing firm alongside Think about Leisure and producer Scott LaStaiti. Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody, and Justin Wilkes will produce the movie for Think about, with Marc Gilbar serving as govt producer and Joyce Choi overseeing improvement. Collins, Charlie McDowell, and Alex Orlovsky will produce for Case Examine Movies alongside LaStaiti.

Sam Wasson and Brandon Millan will executive-produce for Felix Farmer Productions, with Michael Shamberg additionally exec-producing.

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