Warner Bros. at work on Coco Chanel biopic

Warner Bros. is set to finance and produce the Coco Chanel biopic "Coco Avant Chanel" with Audrey Tautou. The film will start production starting Sept. 15 in Paris. French actress Audrey Tautou poses for photographers before a press conference held onboard of a ship anchored at the bank of River Danube in Budapest, Hungary, 18 April 2008. EPA/PETER KOLLANYI HUNGARY OUT

French actress Audrey Tautou poses for photographers before a press conference held onboard of a ship anchored at the bank of River Danube in Budapest, Hungary, 18 April 2008. EPA/PETER KOLLANYI HUNGARY OUTVariety reports the film will be directed by Anne Fontaine with the French company Haut et Court and Cine @ producing. Tautou's role in the film was announced at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.The film is scheduled for a 12-week shoot and should arrive in theaters in 2009. Warner Bros. Entertainment France will handle the French distribution, and Warner Bros. will handle the film’s international release.It was written by Anne Fontaine and Camille Fontaine with script consultant Christopher Hampton. The film was based on the Chanel biography "L'Irreguliere" (The Nonconformist) by Edmonde Charles-Roux and will feature dresses from the Chanel collection.

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Coco Chanel biopic. This is the story of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who begins her life as a headstrong orphan, and through an extraordinary journey becomes the legendary couturier who embodied the ...more

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