Felicity Jones (Albatross) has landed the lead female role in Warren Beatty’s Howard Hughes biopic.
The as-yet-untitled film will centre on a young woman (Jones) who develops a relationship with Hughes’s young driver and confidante, before she falls in love with Hughes.
Justin Timberlake, Alden Ehrenreich, Annette Bening, Jack Nicholson, Alec Baldwin and Owen Wilson are reportedly in the mix for other, unspecified roles.
Beatty will direct from his own script, with production penciled in for an early 2012 start.
Jones will next be seen in Like Crazy, which is due to hit U.K. cinemas on February 3, 2012.
Source: Deadline
