Lifetime paints O'Keeffe portrait | Entertainment | Reuters
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Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons are set to star in a Lifetime biopic about the late artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
The project, dubbed "Georgia O'Keeffe," will follow the turbulent, 20-year love affair between the celebrated artist (Allen) and photographer Alfred Steiglitz (Irons). The movie, set to premiere in third-quarter 2009, has been in development for four years; at one stage, it was set up at HBO.
Bob Balaban is on board to direct from a script by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cristofer ("Gia"). Allen also will take on executive producer duties for the first time.
"Georgia" is the latest example of how Lifetime has been trying to boost the calibre of talent working on its original movies, greenlighting fewer movies but maintaining the same overall budget. More recent efforts include "Coco Chanel," a biopic starring Shirley MacLaine, and "Living Proof," starring Harry Connick Jr.
The project, dubbed "Georgia O'Keeffe," will follow the turbulent, 20-year love affair between the celebrated artist (Allen) and photographer Alfred Steiglitz (Irons). The movie, set to premiere in third-quarter 2009, has been in development for four years; at one stage, it was set up at HBO.
Bob Balaban is on board to direct from a script by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cristofer ("Gia"). Allen also will take on executive producer duties for the first time.
"Georgia" is the latest example of how Lifetime has been trying to boost the calibre of talent working on its original movies, greenlighting fewer movies but maintaining the same overall budget. More recent efforts include "Coco Chanel," a biopic starring Shirley MacLaine, and "Living Proof," starring Harry Connick Jr.
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