Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films Boards Doc ‘Fashionopolis’ Directed by Reiner Holzemer (Exclusive)
The project is based on Dana Thomas’ book of the same name, and the noted fashion scribe is writing and will produce alongside Bronwyn Cosgrave, with Danielle Perissi on board as an executive producer
By Chris Gardner for The Hollywood Reporter
Cate Blanchett is diving deeper into the fashion business — on the big screen.
The Oscar-winning actress and her production company Dirty Films with Andrew Upton and Coco Francini have boarded the documentary adaptation of Dana Thomas’ book Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes, being directed by noted auteur Reiner Holzemer.
The project, which is moving into the financing phase, investigates the $3 trillion global fashion industry by examining the “environmental and human cost of an industry built on speed and scale while spotlighting the designers and innovators reshaping the system,” per the filmmakers. It is based on Thomas’s book of the same name, which was named The Independent’s best fashion book on sustainability and was hailed by The New Yorker as “a glimpse into how consumerism, slowed to a less ferocious p…
