Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The Weinstein Co. Nabs U.S. Rights to Yves Saint Laurent Biopic

The deal continues Harvey Weinstein's love of all things fashion; director Jalil Lespert's film is one of two feature projects in the works charting the life of the legendary French designer.

In a fitting buy, The Weinstein Co. has acquired U.S. rights to French director Jalil Lespert's biopic of famed designer Yves Saint Laurent.

The Wy Productions film stars Pierre Niney as Saint Laurent and Guillaume Gallienne as his longtime business and personal partner Pierre Berge and was co-written by Lespert and Marie Pierre Huster. Lespert's film will be shot in part at the designer’s atelier in Paris.