Lily Rabe will play silent actress and key film industry pioneer Mary Pickford in the as yet Untitled Biopic says Deadline.
Based on the book "Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood" by author Eileen Whitfield--Josh Fagin is writing the adapted script which will explore the life of Pickford, a silent film star known as "America’s Sweetheart" who was both one of the creators of United Artists and one of the co-founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is considered a central figure in the shaping of the Hollywood industry. She died in 1979 at the age of 87 of a brain hemorrhage.
Jennifer DeLia will direct and produce the pic with Julie Pacino.
Production will kick off early next year.
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