By Famed conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall, who turned 90 this year, is getting the biopic treatment at Appian Way and Disney.
Speaking with Deadline, Goodall says she’s already given notes on an early draft of a script and will produce the film alongside Jennifer Davisson and Michael Hampton. No word as yet regarding who will play Goodall in the project
The project is being penned by New Zealand author and screenwriter Eleanor Catton who won the Booker Prize for “The Luminaries” in 2013. Catton also penned the 2020 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Emma” starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Nighy and Josh O’Connor.
Goodall previously worked with Disney through their Disneynature label. A deal was then done between Disney, Appian and Goodall for her life rights.
She’s considered the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, spending sixty years studying the social and family interactions of the creatures. She’s a United Nations Messenger of Peace and honorary member of the World Future Council.
Goodall and Appian Way are also teaming up on the live-action film “How” about an abandoned dog and a wolf’s survival journey during a harsh Canadian winter. That film is in pre-production.
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