Lions Gate has greenlit Fierce People with Diane Lane set to star and Griffin Dunne will helm the flick.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that the film follows Liz, a bohemian beauty who lives a carefree life as a massage therapist in Manhattan, Lions Gate said Thursday. When Liz’s son has a close brush with the law, the woman realizes it’s time to make a life-altering change, and she pulls some strings to enter them into a fantastical world of wealth and privilege. But when Liz is attacked, their new and perfect world is shattered.