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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Jude Law Plays Fairbanks In Pickford Biopic

Jude Law is being eyed to play legendary actor Douglas Fairbanks in the as yet Untitled Biopic about actress Mary Pickford says Forbes.



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, (Lily Rabe) 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.

Pickford was married to Fairbanks

Jennifer DeLia will direct and produce the pic with Julie Pacino.

Production will kick off early next year.

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