Ethan Hawke to Direct Maya Hawke, Laura Linney and Steve Zahn in Flannery O’Connor Biopic WILDCAT

Actor and director Ethan Hawke is set to direct the biopic Wild cat, which will tell the story of Southern writer Flannery O’Connor. daughter of her, Maya Hawke (Stranger things), will star in the film as O’Connor, and will be joined in the cast by the Academy Award nominee Laura Linney (you can count on me), Philip Ettinger (First Reformed), Raffaele Casal (Blindspotting), Steve Zahn (white lotus), Cooper Hoffmann (Licorice pizza), Willa Fitzgerald (To reach), Alexander Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark) And Vincent D’Onofrio (Reckless).

In addition to directing the film, Ethan Hawke produces and co-wrote the screenplay Shelby Gaines.

Wild cat will follow O’Connor as he struggles to get his first novel published. A devout Catholic from Georgia, O’Connor was invited to the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Famous for her offbeat novella about the American South and her faith, she was afflicted with lupus for much of her life and died at 39. Her work continues to be read, studied and admired and has received posthumous acclaim, including the National Book Award. O’Connor’s notable works include two books of short stories: A good man is hard to find And Everything that arises must convergeas well as the novel Wise blood.

Ethan Hawke said of the project:

“Maya has worked hard for years to put this project together, and we are grateful for the opportunity to introduce a new generation of viewers to the genius of Flannery O’Connor. Her work explores themes important to all artists: the intersection of creativity and faith, the fuzzy relationship between imagination and reality.

Ethan Hawke previously worked with daughter Maya Hawke on the limited series The bird of the good godbut he is directing it for the first time with Wild catwhich has just begun principal photography.

via: variety