Amy Bloom’s memoir, In Love, will be adapted into a film starring Annette Bening and George Clooney, Deadline reports.
Bloom’s book, published in 2022 by Random House, is an account of her husband’s decision to end his life through physician-assisted death after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. In a starred review, a critic for Kirkus wrote of the memoir, “You will never forget this book, and if you do, let’s hope someone close to you remembers.”
Bening, whose films include Being Julia, The Kids Are All Right, and Nyad, is attached to star, as is Clooney, known for his roles in Syriana, Michael Clayton, and Gravity. The film will be directed by Paul Weitz (Bel Canto, Fatherhood) and written by Weitz and Bloom.
“Amy’s memoir is a contemporary fable of love, wit and existential stakes,” Weitz told Deadline. “I can’t wait to do it justice with this amazing cast.”
Bloom said, “I have been so lucky to work with [producers] Eddie [Vaisman] and Julie [Lebedev], so lucky to write with Paul and so grateful that this story of lasting love gets to be told on the screen, in Paul’s gifted hands, by two of the greatest actors in America.”
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
