‘Recreation of Thrones’ Star Emilia Clarke to Play Irish Writer and Oscar Wilde’s Spouse, Constance Llyod, in Sophie Hyde’s Subsequent Mission

Emilia Clarke is ready to star as Constance Lloyd, an Irish writer who was married to Oscar Wilde, in “The Splendid Spouse,” directed by “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” helmer Sophie Hyde.

The undertaking, for which plot particulars are nonetheless being stored beneath wraps, is repped by Embankment Movies (“The Father,” “The Son”) and shall be shopped at this week’s American Movie Market, which kicks off on Tuesday.

“The Splendid Spouse” will make clear Lloyd, who was an writer and feminist activist who took half within the costume reform motion, which campaigned to permit girls to decorate in comfy clothes quite than the stifling Victorian clothes of the period. Lloyd married Wilde in 1884 and the couple had two sons. Nevertheless, after Wilde acquired a two-year jail time period for homosexuality, which was nonetheless unlawful on the time (it could solely be decriminalized in England and Wales in 1967), Lloyd moved to Switzerland with their youngsters, and distanced them from the author.

“The Splendid Spouse” will mark Hyde’s follow-up to “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” which starred Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack and nearly premiered at Sundance and screened on the Berlinale. The pic was launched domestically by Searchlight. Hyde’s function debut, “52 Tuesdays,” received greatest director at Sundance and garnered a Crystal Bear prize at Berlin. Her sophomore outing, “Animals,” additionally performed at Sundance and received greatest debut screenplay on the British Impartial Movie Awards.  

“The Splendid Spouse” is being produced by Olivier Delbosc at Paris-based Curiosa Movies (“Stars at Midday”), Chris Curling (“Falling”) at Zephyr Movies within the U.Okay. and Matthew Gledhill (“Madame”) at Wheelhouse Productions.

Clarke’s upcoming initiatives embody “McCarthy,” Václav Marhoul’s movie concerning the disgraced American senator Joseph McCarthy, during which she is going to star reverse Michael Shannon.

Embankment Movies’ slate additionally consists of Pam MacKinnon’s “Clybourne Park,” starring Sarah Paulson, Anthony Mackie and Martin Freeman; Frances O’Connor’s “Emily,” starring Emma Mackey as the author Emily Brontë; and Florian Zeller’s “The Son” starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern and Vanessa Kirby.