The film adaptation of Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's book depicts their investigation to expose the disgraced tycoon.
The painstaking work to expose Harvey Weinstein comes to the big screen in the first trailer for Ella She Said, the film adaptation of the book by New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey.
Director: Maria Schrader
Writers: Jodi Kantor, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Megan Twohey
Stars: Samantha Morton, Tom Pelphrey, Carey Mulligan
The film, from Unothordox director Maria Schrader and adapted for the screen by Ida and Colette writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz, depicts the months-long investigation of Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Twohey (Carey Mulligan), who "together broke one of the biggest stories in a generation,” according to the official synopsis from Universal Pictures. It tells "a story that helped fuel the #MeToo movement, broke decades of silence on the issue of sexual assault in Hollywood, and altered American culture forever."
Nearly two years after the series of stories were published in The Times and The New Yorker, Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison on charges of sexual assault and third-degree rape. He is scheduled to stand trial in Los Angeles on rape and sexual assault charges in October.
The trailer showcases Kantor's first foray into the story, her association with Twohey, and reporters' efforts to break the culture of silence surrounding Weinstein's victims, many forced by the NDA not to speak about their experience.
Mulligan has been nominated for two Oscars, for An Education and Promising Young Woman. She will next be seen opposite Adam Sandler in Spaceman and Bradley Cooper in the Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro. She Said also stars Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, and Samantha Morton. It will open on November 18 ahead of a planned premiere at a fall film festival.