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Kit Harington, Jessica Chastain, Susan Sarandon and Kathy Bates are set to star in “The Death and Life of John F. Donovan”.
The film will be the first English-language feature film from award-winning writer/director Xavier Dolan.
In “The Death and Life of John F. Donovan”, 10 years after the death of an American TV star he corresponded with as a teenager, a young actor recollects the pen-pal relationship he used to have with his past idol. The film explores the hardships of fame and hurdles of the movie business through the lives of both, now and then, and reflects on the issue of identity and diversity in Hollywood over the past decade.
Lyla Films’ Lyse Lafontaine and Sons of Manual’s Xavier Dolan and Nancy Grant are producing with exec producer Joe Iacono.
