Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is to star in the limited TV series The Ambassador’s Wife from The Mark Gordon Company.

Hathaway will also produce the TV adaptation of Jennifer Steil’s novel of the same name, with MGC financing and producing the project after optioning the book rights. Inspired by her experiences as the wife of the British ambassador to Yemen, Steil’s novel portrays the kidnapping of an American woman in the Middle East and the heartbreaking choices she and her husband must make to possibly be reunited.

The Ambassador’s Wife is the first TV project from the indie studio formed by MGC and Entertainment One, which will distribute internationally. The L.A.-based studio is led by Mark Gordon, who will continue to produce content for The Mark Gordon Company as well as finance projects by other producers.

MGC is behind television hits Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds and Ray Donovan, and Gordon has helped produce box-office hits such as Speed, The Day After Tomorrow and Saving Private Ryan. “We are so fortunate to have Anne starring in this timely, gripping, and compassionate drama. She is in a league all her own and we cannot think of anyone who can better portray Steil’s complex heroine,” Gordon said of Hathaway boarding the project.

The Ambassador’s Wife is represented by CAA for TV and Brettne Bloom at The Book Group for publishing. Hathaway is represented by CAA, Management 360, and Jason Sloane of Sloane Offer Weber Dern. The Mark Gordon Company is represented by CAA.

中文大意:

奧斯卡獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)甙材荨ずI保ˋnne Hathaway)即將轉(zhuǎn)戰(zhàn)小熒屏,出演限定劇《大使的妻子》。

該劇改編自詹妮弗·斯泰爾(Jennifer Steil)的同名小說(shuō),海瑟薇還將同時(shí)擔(dān)任制片人。在制片方Mark Gordon Company買下小說(shuō)的版權(quán)后,該項(xiàng)目將正式啟動(dòng)投入制作。小說(shuō)靈感來(lái)自作者身為英國(guó)駐也門大使妻子的親身經(jīng)歷,講述了一名美國(guó)婦女在中東遭到綁架,她和丈夫?yàn)榱藞F(tuán)聚而做出的各種令人心碎的抉擇。

MGC是熱門劇集《實(shí)習(xí)醫(yī)生格蕾》(Grey’s Anatomy)、《犯罪心理》(Criminal Minds)及《清道夫》(Ray Donovan)等劇的出品方,總裁馬克·高登(Mark Gordon)還協(xié)同制作過(guò)賣座影片《生死時(shí)速》(Speed)、《后天》(The Day After Tomorrow)、《拯救大兵瑞恩》(Saving Private Ryan)等等?!斑@是一部扣人心弦、充滿關(guān)懷的劇集,我們很幸運(yùn)能有安妮的加盟,她自己就可以挑起大梁,我想不出還有任何人比她更適合塑造這位性格復(fù)雜的女英雄?!备叩侨绱嗽u(píng)論海瑟薇的加盟。