EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has won a seven-studio bidding war for The Correspondent, a feature package based on the New York Times bestseller by Virginia Evans that has Jane Fonda attached to star and produce alongside Todd Lieberman via his .
Published by Crown last April, Evans’ breakout debut The Correspondent — which has spent 19 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list and sold more than a million copies — centers on the unforgettable Sybil Van Antwerp, a sharp-witted, fiercely opinionated, retired lawyer who has long used letters to impose order on a complicated world — writing to friends, family, literary icons, and one elusive recipient whose message she has never sent. But when an unexpected letter from her past resurfaces, Sybil is forced to confront a long-buried chapter of grief, regret, and unresolved guilt.
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