Marielle Heller directed the film, which tells the true story of bestselling celebrity biographer Lee Israel, who turned to forging letters once she was no longer able to get published.
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME
Fox Searchlight has tapped Melissa McCarthy to star in Can You Ever Forgive Me? based on Lee Israel’s memoir. Marielle Heller is attached to direct.
Logline: When a respected biographer falls on hard times, she turns to counterfeiting the letters of deceased writers and celebrities in order to pay her rent.
