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Two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster will direct, co-produce and star in an English-language remake of ”Woman at War”, reports Deadline.
The original eco-thriller, which Iceland has officially submitted for the Foreign Language competition at the upcoming 91st Academy Awards, stars Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir as a genial middle-aged music teacher hiding a secret life as an outlaw environmental activist with a grudge against the local aluminum industry that is despoiling the pristine Highlands of Iceland. Halla is escalating her one-woman campaign of sabotage when an unexpected letter arrives with news: her adoption application has been approved and a baby girl is awaiting her in the Ukraine.
“This movie thrilled me beyond words,” Foster, who will play the lead, said of the original film. “I am so excited to helm a new American imagining of this relevant, beautiful, inspiring story. The character of Halla is a warrior for the planet, a strong woman who risks it all to do the right thing. But not without some serious mishaps along the way.”
The “Silence of the Lambs” star, embarking on her fifth film as director, will relocate the film’s setting from Iceland to the American West.
“I can’t wait to play her,” Foster said. “I’m always drawn to a bold and quirky mixture of humor and emotion. This one speaks for our time. It is an honor to take the reins from the talented director Benedikt Erlingsson and his producing partner Marianne Slot.”
