Isabelle Huppert, who has just won a Gotham award for her outstanding performance in Paul Verhoeven’s Elle, is set to play a femme fatale in Benoit Jacquot’s Eva, says Variety.
A psychological thriller, Eva is adapted from James Hadley Chase’s novel which turns on a beautiful, yet lethal woman, to be played by Huppert.
The French star will play opposite Gaspard Ulliel, a leading French actor who was last seen in Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only the End of the World, which won Cannes’ Grand Prize.
The novel was previously adapted into a 1962 movie directed by Joseph Losey and starred Jeanne Moreau in the title role.
Eva will start shooting in mid-January in Paris, Lyon and Annecy.
Produced by Paris-based Macassar Productions, Eva was penned by Jacquot and Gilles Taurand.