Emilia Clarke will be Oscar Wilde's on-screen wife

Emilia Clarke will play Constance Lloyd.

If the name of this character means nothing to the general public, connoisseurs and lovers of literature know that in addition to being a recognized author, it was the wife of Oscar Wilde.

The project is called

, and will be directed by Sophie Hyde.

For the moment, the film does not have a distributor but it will be offered to studios during the American Film Market, which starts this Tuesday, according to

.

Constance Lloyd was a feminist activist far ahead of her time, who fought, in the strictest Victorian era, for women to be able to get rid of the impractical dresses that prevented them from moving normally.

It is this movement, called "Dress Reform", which gave birth to all feminist movements from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th.

Not immediately

Obviously, the film being only at the beginning of its development, no release date has been announced.

Sophie Hyde's feature debut,

, won Best Director at Sundance and received a Crystal Bear in Berlin, while her second film,

, also premiered at Sundance and won the Best Director award.

Best First Screenplay at the British Independent Film Awards.

Emilia Clarke is attached to the project but she must first shoot in

, a film dedicated to the life of US Senator Joseph McCarthy, who will be played by Michael Shannon.

The

star will also star in

, Disney's upcoming blockbuster series, premiering next year on its Disney+ streaming service.

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