VOD News | On 13, Oct 2024

Rosamund Pike and Sacha Baron Cohen are heading to Netflix for new romantic comedy Ladies First.

Directed by Thea Sharrock (The Beautiful Game, Wicked Little Letters, Me Before You), the film is an adaptation based on Eleonore Pourriat’s Je Ne Suis Pas Un Homme Facile. The English-language adaptation follows a womaniser who gets a real wakeup call when he finds himself in a world dominated by women – and a fiery female counterpart makes things far more complicated.

Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, The Trial of the Chicago 7) will star opposite Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, I Care a Lot), and the script is written by Katie Silberman (Set It Up, Booksmart), Natalie Krinsky (The Broken Hearts Gallery) and Cinco Paul (Schmigadoon!, Despicable Me). It is produced by Liza Chasin for 3dot Productions, Eleonore Dailly, Edouard de Lachomette, and Four By Two Films.

The project falls under Chasin’s creative partnership with Netflix, which sees her produce feature films via her shingle, 3dot Productions. The latest project from that partnership is Lonely Planet, starring Laura Dern, which just debuted on Netflix this weekend.

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