Overview

• Novak made a rare appearance at the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 28 and is set to receive the Golden Lion on Sept. 1, when Kim Novak’s Vertigo premieres.
• Executive produced by longtime manager Sue Cameron and directed by Alexandre Philippe, the documentary has been developed for about 15 years.
• In a new Guardian interview, Novak objects to the Miramax biopic’s title Scandalous! and says she fears her relationship will be portrayed as purely sexual.
• The biopic, Colman Domingo’s directorial debut, is in pre-production with Sydney Sweeney as Novak and David Jonsson as Sammy Davis Jr., with reported plans to begin filming in late 2025.
• Coverage revisits how the 1957 romance ended under industry pressure, including reports that Columbia chief Harry Cohn threatened Davis and called the pairing bad for business.