The designer's sophomore film, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams, was scooped up by executives, making it one of the biggest deals to come out of the French film festival in recent history, according to Deadline.
George Clooney and his business partner Grant Heslov were originally slated to produce the project, which is based on Austin Wright's 1993 novel Tony And Susan, but they had to pull out due to scheduling issues.