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George Clooney and Annette Bening to Lead Paul Weitz’s ‘In Love’ Adaptation

Anton will finance the film, handling international sales, with U.S. rights co-repped by CAA Media Finance.

Overview

  • The feature adapts Amy Bloom’s In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss, with Bloom co-writing the screenplay alongside director Paul Weitz.
  • Sight Unseen, Depth of Field, Smokehouse Pictures and Anton are producing, including Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev, Andrew Miano, Weitz, Clooney, Grant Heslov and Sébastien Raybaud.
  • Anton is fully financing and will oversee international rights, while U.S. sales are co-repped by Anton and CAA Media Finance.
  • The source book, named Time magazine’s top nonfiction title of 2022, explores Bloom’s marriage and a life-ending choice connected to her husband’s Alzheimer’s.
  • Weitz praised the memoir’s blend of love, wit and high stakes, and the project has no announced production start or release timeframe.