Untitled Niki Caro Project Starts Filming

By James Wray Feb 25, 2005, 2:18 GMT

The movie is inspired by the book titled Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law, by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler

The film will also star Woody Harrelson, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins  and Michelle Monaghan.

Theron plays single mom Josey Aimes, who rallies her female coworkers to rise above unfair treatment they face at a local mining company.  McDormand plays Glory, Josey’s closest friend; Spacek and Jenkins are Josey’s parents, Alice and Hank; Bean plays Glory’s boyfriend Kyle; Harrelson is Josey’s lawyer, Bill White; Renner is Bobby, a mineworker and Josey’s former classmate; and Monaghan plays Sherry, Josey’s fellow mineworker. 

Presented by Warner Bros. Pictures in association with Participant Productions, Untitled Niki Caro Project is written by Michael Seitzman, inspired by the book titled Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law, by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler. 

The film is being produced by Nick Wechsler, with Nana Greenwald, Jeff Skoll, Helen Bartlett and Doug Claybourne serving as executive producers.  Two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer Chris Menges (The Mission, The Killing Fields)  is the director of photography.  Untitled Niki Caro Project will be released worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. 

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