Jessica Biel signs up for 'Die a Little'

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Washington (ANI): Jessica Biel is set to star in United Artists' crime thrilled 'Die a Little' based on Megan Abbott's novel.

The movie revolves around a schoolteacher and her LAPD detective brother whose lives are turned upside down by a mysterious woman.

Though the novel is set in 1954, the movie will be based in the present day, reports Variety.

UA has set up the movie with Richard Gladstein through his FilmColony banner and Biel's Iron Ocean Films.

Biel's Iron Ocean snapped up the rights of the film, roped in Marcia and Geoffrey Blake to pen the screenplay, and took the project to FilmColony.

On board as producers are Gladstein, Biel and her producing partner Michelle Purple for Iron Ocean.

Neil Parris of FilmColony will exec produce.

Biel, seen most recently in "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," is currently in production on "Powder Blue" alongside Forest Whitaker, Patrick Swayze and Ray Liotta.