According to Baz Bamgboye, Helen Mirren is in early talks to star in The Golden Lady. Which is based on a story written by Alexi Kaye Campbell, and directed by Simon Curtis . The actress will play Maria Altmann, a Jewish refugee who, in her 80s, took on a government to recover art treasures she believed rightfully belonged to her family, among them Gustav Klimt’s The Lady In Gold, Portrait Of Adele Bloch-Bauer I.
Meanwhile, According to the Brit reporter, Johnny Flynn, featured recently at Sundance with Anne Hathaway in Song One, has been cast as Queen drummer Roger Taylor in the Freddie Mercury biopic starring Ben Whishaw, and directed by Dexter Fletcher. Also, Brendan Gleeson is said to have accepted Suffragette, a drama about the early feminist movement which includes Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne-Marie Duff, with Sarah Gavron (“Brick Lane”) directing.
Last but not the least, Thomas Jane and Jessica Alba are said to star in The Veil, which boasts members of a religious cult known as Heaven’s Veil take their own lives. The truth behind what really happened remains buried deep in the memory of the sole survivor, a five-year-old girl, who returns to the compound with a documentary crew as an adult. They soon discover something that is far more terrifying than anything they could have imagined. Phil Joanou is said to direct the project, according to THR.