The project, which has not yet signed a writer or director, will be based on Gerald Clarke's biography of the same name, which TWC recently optioned. Clarke draws on numerous real-life sources to tell the life story of Garland, who began singing and acting as a toddler and continued doing so all the way through her premature death at the age of 47.
Garland led a life filled with talent but also tumult, starring and singing in a host of studio musicals and other pictures, as well as giving iconic performances on stages in New York and London. She also struggled with addiction and endured a series of relationship dramas.
Hathaway also began her career at a young age, starring in the tween franchise The Princess Diaries. In the past few years she has graduated to more adult roles, playing a former addict in Rachel Getting Married, which earned her a best actress Oscar nom.
While she has little musical experience on the screen, Hathaway caught viewers' attention with a musical number she and host Hugh Jackman performed at the 2009 Academy Awards, though the pic's producers will have to resolve the question of height: Garland was barely 5', while Hathaway stands about 5' 8".
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