Felicity Jones Set As SCOTUS Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg In ‘On The Basis Of Sex’

Deadline ^ | July 18, 2017 | Mike Fleming Jr.

[EdnaMode]

EXCLUSIVE: Felicity Jones will star as Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in On the Basis Of Sex, with Mimi Leder set to direct for Focus Features and Participant Media. The film will shoot in Montreal in September. The drama follows the travails of Ginsburg as she faced numerous obstacles to her fight for equal rights throughout her career. Daniel Stiepleman wrote the script, which made the 2014 Black List. Robert W. Cort is producing with Ram Bergman exec producing.

Ginsberg was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by then-President Bill Clinton, becoming only the second female justice (after Sandra Day O’Connor) and the first Jewish female justice. Prior to that, she developed a reputation as a keen advocate for the advancement of women’s rights.

Jones is coming off the smash spinoff Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and A Monster Calls. She also recently came attached to a Swan Lake adaptation that Luca Guadagnino will direct from a script by Kristina Lauren. The pic just landed at Universal.

Jones is repped by WME and Independent Talent Group.

[EdnaMode]

Sounds like a box office flop in the making! (but it will probably win lots of Oscars).

[Yo-Yo]

Yeah, I can see how that would work.

[Fido969]

Ugh. Who is going to watch it?

[surrey]

What, they couldn’t get the mummy that Clinton wanted to date?

[BenLurkin]

The drama follows the travails of Ginsburg as she faced numerous obstacles to her fight for equal rights throughout her career.

Oh brother.

[rdl6989]

I think I’ll stay home and watch some paint dry.

[EdnaMode]

Good plan!

[Skywise]

Continued agit-prop.

The entertainment industry is nothing more than the propaganda arm of the DNC anymore.

[dangus]

Must be a misunderstanding. They said "a new, major female character from Star Wars." They meant THIS one.

[blueunicorn6]

It’s gonna take all of her acting skills to play Old Snoozy.

[americas.best.days...]

The likeness is uncanny!

[Leep]

This better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E33qzW4Qvr8

[2ndDivisionVet]

Very few people were ugly their whole life.

[EdnaMode]

LOL

[dangus]

Let's be real, shall we?

[SoCal Pubbie]

It’s interesting how Hollywood makes biopics while the subject is still alive. Back in the day most such films were after the subject’s death. Of course there was Sergeant York and the To Hell and Back but I don’t recall the stream of movies like W, Recount, Game Change etc. I think it reflects the growing nature of movies as exercises in propaganda.

[Yo-Yo]

That may be true, but between the two my money would be on Felicity Jones at 70.

[beethovenfan]

Not hard to memorize her line: “ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz”

[a fool in paradise]

Are they gonna cover the Laugh In years?

[Arthur McGowan]

I’ll wait a week and look for it in the 99¢ bin. And not buy it.