meeting Golden Globe winner Sarah Paulson and Emmy nominee Elle Fanning have reportedly signed on for a new adaptation of I am SybilFlora Rheta Schreiber’s best-selling non-fiction novel of 1973. The project focuses on one of the first mainstream cases of dissociative identity disorder.
meeting Golden Globe winner Sarah Paulson and Emmy nominee Elle Fanning have reportedly signed on for a new adaptation of I am SybilFlora Rheta Schreiber’s best-selling non-fiction novel of 1973. The project focuses on one of the first mainstream cases of dissociative identity disorder.
Paulson gained recognition for her numerous collaborations with award-winning series creator Ryan Murphy, beginning with American Horror Story. In addition to I Am Sybil, she will star in Searchlight Pictures’ upcoming horror thriller Dust.
Meanwhile, Fanning recently reprized her acclaimed role as Catherine the Great in Season 2 of Hulu’s The Great. Additionally, the Maleficent actress recently signed on to star Kristen Stewart in Rosebushpruning and Timothée Chalamet in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.
Who is involved in I Am Sybil?
The film is directed by Mirrah Foulkes from a screenplay she co-wrote with Jen Silverman. The film is set to explore the “riveting true story” of Shirley Mason, aka Sybil, which was researched by psychologist Connie Wilbur. During her therapy sessions, she reportedly manifested sixteen personalities.
I Am Sybil was first made into a television movie in 1976, starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward. The project is also based on Debbie Nathan’s 2011 book Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case.