More Anderson on the Way

I love the fact that Gillian Anderson is a woman not afraid to stay under the limelight. Though the upcoming The X-Files: I Want to Believe movie is likely to thrust her back into the mainstream, she’s making a point of quickly pushing herself back into the indie route.

Filmstalker has news that Anderson has bought the film rights to a biography of female war correspondent Martha Gellhorn. Gellhorn was a woman of many talents but she is widely considered to be one of the greatest war correspondents of the 20th century. Aside from her talents as a writer, she also had quite the personal life with numerous affairs including French economist Bertrand de Jouvenel and H.G. Wells as well as having been married to Ernest Hemingway. She lived a full and fascinating life not to mention that she appears to have been well ahead of her time.

It doesn’t surprise me that Anderson would be drawn to Gellhorn’s life story. The film will be produced by Anderson and she will star in the title role but at the moment, no further news on who will co-star or direct the project. I’m willing to bet we’re going to see some fairly big names attached and I’m thinking this could provide Anderson, a very talented actress, a run at Oscar.