HBO has acquired TV rights for Liz Garbus’s documentary, Love, Marilyn, in the US, reports Variety.
“The film is written, directed and produced by Garbus and produced by Stanley Buchthal and Amy Hobby. Executive producers are Anne Carey, Olivier Courson, Harold Van Lier and Enrique Steiger.
Love, Marilyn coincides with the 50th anniversary of Monroe’s death and features footage, audiotapes, handwritten letters, diaries, notes, poems, journals and notebooks.
Interviews and archival footage features Arthur Miller, Joe DiMaggio, Amy Greene, Molly Haskell, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer and Elia Kazan.
Deal was negotiated by David Koh, Josh Braun and Dan Braun of Submarine Entertainment along with Stanley Buchthal of Diamond Girl Productions LLC and Harold Van Lier of Studio Canal on behalf of the producers and director with HBO.”
