Lionsgate Wins Seven-Studio Bidding War For ‘The Correspondent’; Jane Fonda To Star In Virginia Evans Novel Adaptation Penned By Cat Vasko With Todd Lieberman’s Hidden Pictures Producing 

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 Hidden Pictures.

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. 

Virginia Evans

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