Oscar winner
George Clooney and five-time Oscar nominee
Annette Bening are set to star in the drama
"In Love" co-written and directed by
Paul Weitz (
"About a Boy") based on the New York Times bestselling memoir
"In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss" written by
Amy Bloom (
"White Houses",
"Lucky Us"). The memoir was named Time magazine’s No. 1 nonfiction book of 2022 and included on its list of 100 must-read books. Bloom co-wrote the script with Weitz.
"In Love" is an illuminating modern love story about two people who make an impossible decision together that honors their enduring commitment to each other. Weitz describes the memoir as
"a contemporary fable of love, wit and existential stakes" and says that he
"can't wait to do it justice with this amazing cast".
Eddie Vaisman and
Julia Lebedev (
"Rental Family",
"Bad Education") developed the project and will produce for Sight Unseen.
Andrew Miano and Weitz will produce for Depth of Field. Clooney will produce with
Grant Heslov for Smokehouse Pictures.
Sébastian Raybaud will produce for Anton.
Bloom said the following about the film:
"I have been so lucky to work with Eddie and Julie, so lucky to write with Paul and so grateful that this story of lasting love gets to be told on the screen, in Paul's gifted hands, by two of the greatest actors in America".
Clooney can next be seen in the Netflix movie
"Jay Kelly" directed and co-written by
Noah Baumbach, which will have a limited theatrical release on November 15, before getting released via Netflix on December 5. Clooney also earned a Tony Award nomination for his Broadway debut in
"Good Night, and Good Luck", a stage adaptation of his Oscar-nominated 2015 film.
Bening can also be seen in
Maggie Gyllenhaal's
"The Bride" opposite
Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Penélope Cruz and
Peter Sarsgaard, the Apple TV series
"Lucky" in which she stars alongside
Anya Taylor-Joy, and she's also filming the
"Yellowstone" spinoff series The Dutton Ranch.