Blanchett Hungry for Directing Gig; Set to Adapt “The Dinner”

If Woody Allen can do it, perhaps so can Cate Blanchett as well. With an acting that has spanned over two decades, and working for such greats as Scorsese, Jarmusch, Wes Andreson, Iñárritu, Haynes, Fincher and Malick, Blanchett will get to yell the words “action” and “cut” for the book to film adaptation of The Dinner. The talented filmmaker Oren Moverman is adapting the project. ChubbCo’s Cotty Chubb (Gregor Jordan’s Unthinkable) is producing and Eva Maria Daniels (What Maisie Knew) and Olga Segura will be exec producing.

Gist: Based on the novel by Herman Koch, Deadline are tagging this as a psychological thriller which explores just how far some parents might go to protect their children.

Worth Noting: Blanchett is currently wearing the producers hat as exec. producer on the television series, “Cancer Vixen“.

Do We Care?: Sort of a reteaming with Moverman who gave the actress of on of career best roles in I’m Not There, and the NYTimes’ book review makes this sound right up our alley: “it will not please those who seek the cozy, the redemptive or the uplifting.”