
By Romeo San Vicente
Helen Hunt Found Producer Vachon
Lesbian
super-producer Christine Vachon likes to keep multiple plates
spinning. And she's added some big-name talent to her roster of
producing projects.
Having made her name as the shepherd of some of the most adventurous
independent films of the '90s, one of her new projects, Then She
Found Me, finds Vachon taking on the directing debut of A-lister
Helen Hunt.
Hunt
- who also stars in and co-wrote the film - has assembled Bette
Midler, Colin Firth, and Matthew Broderick for her
comedy-drama about a middle-aged teacher in transition: her husband has
left, her adoptive mother has died, her birth-mother has reappeared, and
she's beginning an affair with a student's father.
In post-production now, the movie, which also features gay actor John
Benjamin Hickey in a supporting role, will most likely be found in
theaters close to the end of this year.
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