Angelina Jolie will star in a film adaptation of Fredrik Backman's bestselling novel Anxious People. Deadline reported that Marc Forster, who directed A Man Called Otto, based on the author's novel A Man Called Ove, is helming the new project. Netflix made a Swedish TV series version of Anxious People in 2021.
The new film, which has been adapted for the screen by David Magee (A Man Called Otto, Life of Pi, and Finding Neverland), reunites "some of the key players behind the 2022 feature adaptation of A Man Called Otto ($110M global box office).... Hope Studios' Fredrik Wikström Nicastro (A Man Called Otto) and Renée Wolfe (A Man Called Otto) of 2DUX2 will produce, with Forster, Magee and Neda Backman executive-producing."
"Fredrik's novels speak to our shared humanity in a way that really moves audiences, and we're proud to be able to deliver another heartwarming and hilarious adaptation of his work," said Nicastro.
Wolfe added: "Anxious People is a uniquely warm and heartfelt story that speaks to our chaotic times by asking us to step outside of our own stories and slow down enough to actually see one another.... Sometimes funny, sometimes dramatic and always entertaining, Anxious People is a book that has sold over six million copies worldwide and, with Angelina Jolie playing the lead and Marc Forster directing, will surely prove to be a movie that will captivate millions more."