ConDRAGulations, James St. James! His book Freak Show is heading for the big screen and it’s got some BIG names attached to it! Actress, producer, and Sting’s wife Trudie Styler will be directing and Bette Midler, AnnaSophia Robb, Ian Nelson, and Lorraine Toussaint are all already on board!
Freak Show tells the story of Billy Bloom who starts at a new ultra-conservative school and is picked on by practically everyone. But Billy just wants to be himself and decides to run for Homecoming Queen.
No lead has been chosen yet, and no word on when the film will be premiering.
From Deadline.com:
Midler is set to play Muv, Billy’s mother. As the Divine Miss M., Midler began her career singing in a bathhouse in the 1970s and gathered quite a following from the gay community before becoming a mega-star.
Robb and Nelson will play Billy’s friends ‘Blah Blah Blah’ and ‘Flip,’ while Toussaint portrays Billy’s nanny, Flossie.
Celine Rattray (The Kids Are Alright) and Charlotte Ubben are also producing with Styler through their Maven Pictures banner along with Drew Barrymore and Nancy Juvonen’s Flower Films (Chris Miller, Ember Truesdell), Jeffrey Coulter, and Bryan Rabin. Adapting the book is Beth Rigazio and PJ Clifton.
Maven Pictures, which was co-founded by Rattray and Styler (Still Alice, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Moon), most recently produced five-time BIFA nominated film Filth, starring James McAvoy. It also executive produced Miss You Already.
Midler just wrapped a concert tour this summer. She is repped by CAA and Morra, Brezner, Steinberg, and Tenenbaum.
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