Dan Ireland ("The Whole Wide World") will next direct "The Beauty of Jane," a romantic drama starring Mira Sorvino and Charlie Hunnam ("Abandon"), reports Variety.
Set in England in 1912, "Jane" is the story of an intelligent woman in her 30s who refuses to marry a handsome, wealthy young artist in his 20s for fear he will grow weary of her. When he is blinded in a hunting accident and loses his will to live, the woman takes a job as the young man's nurse and secretary and, using an American accent, conceals her identity from him.
"This is a story of two people who make the fatal mistake of not admitting their love for each other, who must earn each other back before they can come into each other's lives again," Ireland told Daily Variety.
"Like 'The Whole Wide World,' 'The Beauty of Jane' is the story of two vibrant people who are perfectly suited for each other, but their heads get in the way of their hearts."
The $8 million film begins shooting in the fall in and around London.