After making her directorial debut on the anthology XX, penned by Roxanne Benjamin, experimental rock multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark (St. Vincent) is putting a female spin on The Picture of Dorian Gray for Lionsgate, reports Variety.
Based on Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel, the studio is putting a twist on the classic Victorian age story of a hedonistic man whose self-portrait ages while he stays eternally young. As suggested, the title character will be a woman.
David Birke has been hired to write the script. Birke wrote Paul Verhoeven’s thriller Elle, starring Isabelle Huppert. He also co-wrote the upcoming Slender Man horror film from Screen Gems, and is currently adapting the crime thriller Alex from Pierre Lemaitre’s novel.
