By PTI
LOS ANGELES: “The Crown” star Claire Foy has discovered her subsequent characteristic challenge in “The Pisces”, primarily based on Melissa Broder’s critically acclaimed novel of the identical title.
Gillian Robespierre, identified for indies like “Obvious Child” and “Landline”, is hooked up to direct the movie.
According to Deadline, Broder and Robespierre have penned the script.
Foy will play Lucy, a PhD pupil plagued with author’s block and romantic obsession in “The Pisces”.
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The film chronicles Lucy’s erotic infatuation with a merman.
Despite the fantastical ingredient, the movie is an exploration of the boundaries between pleasure and possession and the best way ladies select the lads of their lives.
Anne Carey developed the script with Broder and Robespierre.
Carey and Amy Nauiokas will produce beneath their Archer Gray banner.
Foy will subsequent be seen in “Louis Wain” alongside Benedict Cumberbatch for Amazon Studios and the English-language remake of the French thriller “My Son”, additionally starring James McAvoy.