Curran Events

John Curran will helm the period dramatic adaptation of "The Beautiful and Damned:" says Variety.



Hanna Weg's script chronicles the marriage of author F. Scott Fitzgerald and schizophrenic wife Zelda .The tempestuous relationship, which unfolded in the high society of the Roaring '20s, inspired a few of the writer's work.

Keira Knightley will play Sayre.

Nick Cassavetes was previously attached to direct the film.

Production begins in March.