Annie Clark, also known as St. Vincent, will make her feature directorial debut with Lionsgate’s adaptation of “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” the only novel ever written by prolific British playwright Oscar Wilde. Variety initially reported the news.
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Adding a contemporary twist to the Victorian novel about a narcissistic young man who stays young while his portrait ages, the title character will be a woman. David Birke, who wrote the script for Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle,” will pen the adaptation with Clark directing.
The multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter began her career as a member of the band The Polyphonic Spree and toured with Sufjan Stevens. Her fourth solo album, self-titled St. Vincent, won a Grammy award for Best Alternative Album in 2015. Clark’s previous film, a short titled “Xx,” premiered at the Sundance Film...
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Adding a contemporary twist to the Victorian novel about a narcissistic young man who stays young while his portrait ages, the title character will be a woman. David Birke, who wrote the script for Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle,” will pen the adaptation with Clark directing.
The multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter began her career as a member of the band The Polyphonic Spree and toured with Sufjan Stevens. Her fourth solo album, self-titled St. Vincent, won a Grammy award for Best Alternative Album in 2015. Clark’s previous film, a short titled “Xx,” premiered at the Sundance Film...
- 8/16/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Annie Clark, also known as musician St. Vincent, will direct a gender-bending adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray for Lionsgate.
David Birke, who wrote the Isabelle Huppertstarring Elle, will adapt the Oscar Wilde classic that follows a beautiful but self-absorbed man who sells his soul in order to retain his beauty, letting his portrait age in his stead. In Clark's take, Dorian Gray will be a woman.
This will be the feature directorial debut for Clark, who directed a segment in the all-female horror anthology Xx, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
The Picture of Dorian Gray was...
David Birke, who wrote the Isabelle Huppertstarring Elle, will adapt the Oscar Wilde classic that follows a beautiful but self-absorbed man who sells his soul in order to retain his beauty, letting his portrait age in his stead. In Clark's take, Dorian Gray will be a woman.
This will be the feature directorial debut for Clark, who directed a segment in the all-female horror anthology Xx, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
The Picture of Dorian Gray was...
- 8/16/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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