Cannes 2012: Silent Film Star Mary Pickford To Be Subject of Film From Poverty Row Entertainment

Poverty Row Entertainment, a production company headed by Julie Pacino and Jennifer DeLia, along with producer Said Zahraoui, have acquired rights to Eileen Whitfield‘s Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood, which they intend to use as the basis for an untitled film about actress Mary Pickford.

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Josh Fagin, who co-produced 2008’s Pride and Glory, is writing a screenplay based on Whitfield’s book, which was published in 1997.

“With no intention of creating a conventional biopic, we will use the language of film to hopscotch through time, in order to tell the story of a woman so ahead of her time who was living one of the most romantic love stories of all-time,” Pacino and DeLia, who will be seeking financing during the Cannes Film Festival, said in a joint statement.  The producers are eyeing a 2013 start on the film.

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The producers were repped in the acquisition by Steven Beer at Greenberg Traurig.