HBO cultivates 'Gardens' film

September 18, 2007 HBO Films has greenlighted "Grey Gardens," a movie starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange that's based on the 1975 documentary about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' eccentric cousin and aunt. The project was originally announced as a feature film in early 2006, though HBO Films was not involved at the time. Along with Barrymore and Lange, other original auspices on board are commercials helmer Michael Sucsy, who is directing and wrote the script with Patricia Rozema ("This Might Be Good"), and executive producers Rachael Horovitz ("Little Black Book") and Lucy Barzun Donnelly ("The Go-Getter").

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