Sacha Baron Cohen, Rosamund Pike to Star in Netflix Rom-Com ‘Ladies First’ for Director Thea Sharrock
Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike are set to inhabit an alternate society in the Netflix romantic-comedy feature Ladies First.
Filmmaker Thea Sharrock (The Beautiful Game) is helming the project that adapts director Eleonore Pourriat’s French-language movie Je Ne Suis Pas Un Homme Facile. Katie Silberman (Booksmart), Natalie Krinsky (The Broken Hearts Gallery) and Cinco Paul (Despicable Me) penned the script for the new film.
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Ladies First follows a womanizer who gets a shock when he is suddenly living in a world dominated by women, with an opinionated female counterpart adding to the complications.
A release date has not yet been announced.
Producers include Liza Chasin for 3dot Productions, along with Eleonore Dailly, Edouard de Lachomette and Four By Two Films.
Translated as I Am Not an Easy Man, the original film Je Ne Suis Pas Un Homme Facile stars Vincent Elbaz and Marie-Sophie Ferdane. It debuted on Netflix in 2018.
Sharrock’s previous features as director include Me Before You, The One and Only Ivan, Wicked Little Letters and The Beautiful Game.
Cohen is known for films including Borat and The Trial of the Chicago 7, and he voiced a role in the animated movie Luca. The performer earned Oscar nominations for his performance in The Trial of the Chicago 7 and for his work on the screenplays for Borat and its 2020 sequel.
Pike’s recent credits include the movies Saltburn and I Care a Lot, along with the series The Wheel of Time. She is also set to appear in Now You See Me 3.
Deadline first reported about Ladies First.
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