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Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Chastain Is "The Zookeeper's Wife"

Jessica Chastain is attached to star in an adaptation of author Diane Ackerman'sWorld War II era novel "The Zookeeper's Wife" says THR.


The true story account follows keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, who helped save hundreds after the Nazi army overran Warsaw.Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages, along with taking about a dozen Jews into their home.A mix of humans and surviving animals came together in a one-of-a-kind community that included socializing and a piano concert.

Niki Caro (North Country) will direct the project using an screenplay.

Jeff Abberley, Mike Tollin Kim Zubick, Diane Miller-Levin and Robbie Rowe-Tollin are producing the movie.

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