The film follows Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), a Jewish World War II survivor who fought the Austrian government to get back several paintings by artist Gustav Klimt that were pilfered from her family during wartime.
Maslany will play a young Mirren in flashback sequences.
Ryan Reynolds will play the attorney who took his case--at one point The Amazing Spider-Man star
Andrew Garfield was lined up to play the role that Ryan now has.
Daniel Brühl.will play Reynolds' adversary.
Simon Curtis is directing from a script written by Alexi Kaye Campbell.
David Thompson and Kris Thykier will produce the film.
Production begins later this month.
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