Cynthia Erivo To Join Viola Davis In Steve McQueen Heist Thriller ‘Widows’Posted by Wilson Morales
November 11, 2016
Source: Variety
Variety is reporting that recent Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo (‘The Color Purple’) has been cast in Steve McQueen’s latest film, “Widows, “ joining Academy Award nominee and Emmy winner Viola Davis.
Produced by New Regency, the heist thriller will be written by “Gone Girl” screenwriter and novelist Gillian Flynn.
Based on the 2002 British miniseries Widows that was written by Prime Suspect‘s Lynda La Plante, the film is about four armed robbers who get killed in a botched heist attempt and their widows teaming up to finish the job.
Film 4 will co-finance the film with New Regency and it will license free TV rights in the UK. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films will produce the film with McQueen.
Erivo won a Tony Award for her performance in “The Color Purple” on Broadway,
