Maven Pictures Movie Updates

Jennifer Lopez is returning to her romantic-comedy roots for STX.

Maggie Gyllenhaal is set to star in The Kindergarten Teacher.

The biography The Secret Life of Dr. James Miranda Barry: Victorian England’s Most Eminent Surgeon from author Rachel Holmes has just been optioned by Maven Pictures.

Hailee Steinfeld is in talks to star in Ten Thousand Saints, a feature adaptation of Eleanor Henderson’s 2011 novel.

Stuart Blumberg has sold an original comedy pitch to New Line Cinema with Scott Stuber and Maven Pictures duo Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler producing.

Maven Pictures’ Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler have acquired The Making Of Rock Hudson, a script by Tyler Ruggeri about the transformation of a young Midwesterner into a legendary movie star.

Maven Pictures has come on board to produce a remake of the French thriller With a Friend Like Harry with Kimberly Peirce attached to direct.

Maven Pictures' Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray have come onboard to produce the screen adaptation of Colum McCann's ballet story Dancer.

Tom Vaughan has come on board to direct Mixtape, Stacey Menear-scripted film that Jim Wedaa Productions and Maven Pictures’ Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray will produce.

Julie Roberts is attached to produce and star in Second Act, a New Regency workplace comedy project in development. Roberts will produce via her Red Om Films label.

Sarah Jessica Parker is in A Fair Marriage, coming onboard to produce the feature as a potential starring vehicle.