Legendary actress Jane Fonda is set to star in an upcoming adaptation of a successful book, which has just acquired by a studio following a massive bidding war.

What do we know about Jane Fonda’s new movie?

The Correspondent, based on the breakthrough book of the same name by Virginia Evans, is set to be adapted into a movie, with Lionsgate acquiring the rights to the movie after a seven-studio bidding war took place. Fonda will star and produce alongside Todd Lieberman, who most recently was a producer for The Housemaid for Lionsgate. Screenwriter Cat Vasko is also attached to the project, and will adapt the screenplay for the screen.

Currently, no director or other casting information is available, so it’s unclear when the film is eyeing to release. However, with the speed in which the book is being turned into a movie, it seems as if Lionsgate is very excited about the project.

The Correspondent was released in April 2025, and has spent 17 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list. The novel “centers on the unforgettable Sybil Van Antwerp, a sharp-witted, fiercely opinionated, retired lawyer who has long used letters to impose order on a complicated world—writing to friends, family, literary icons, and one elusive recipient whose message she has never sent. But when an unexpected letter from her past resurfaces, Sybil is forced to confront a long-buried chapter of grief, regret, and unresolved guilt,” reads the book’s description.

“This book is a phenomenon. To be invited in alongside the legend Jane Fonda, with my Lionsgate partners and Cat, is a thrilling honor—and we all can’t wait to have moviegoers experience the same catharsis that so many book readers already have,” said Lieberman in a statement on the upcoming movie.

Fonda is an acting legend, having won two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, seven Golden Globes, and a Primetime Emmy Award throughout her career. The star has appeared in several iconic films like Barbarella, The China Syndrome, Fun with Dick and Jane, Monster-in-Law, Klute, Coming Home, and more.