Natalie Portman to Director, Star in the movie Dear Abby-Ann Landers

Natalie Portman is about to make an untitled film about Esther and Pauline Friedman, two identical twin sisters who are better known as the writers behind the Ann syndicate Landers and Dear Oscar-winning actress also planned to tackle both roles, several sources told Collider.

Katie Robbins ( The Affair ) wrote the screenplay. produced by Peter Saraf and Dani Melia of Big Beach Films, the company behind great independent hits like Little Miss Sunshine and Unsecured Security

Born in Iowa in 1918, Eppie (Esther) and Popo (Pauline), as they were nicknamed, were very close, working together at the Morningside College School Newspaper and participating in a double wedding ceremony at the Morningside College. 39, occasion of their 21st birthday. However, once Eppie accepted a position of "Ann Landers" advisory columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times, Pauline decided to launch her own column, which she named Dear Abby. This created a bitter fraternal rivalry, and while the two ended up reconciling in 1964, their rift lasted for decades, until Eppie's death in 2002. The conflicting relationship between Eppie and Pauline even reverberated. on their two daughters, who continued the family quarrel. Husbands and editors of Eppie and Pauline will serve as main characters in the film, which has no start date for the moment

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