Katie Holmes’ Noelle Productions label has optioned former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks’ autobiography “The Watergate Girl” with plans for Holmes to star in and produce a feature adaptation.
The story begins when young Jill Wine Volner, an organized crime prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, was selected as one of three assistant Watergate special prosecutors in the obstruction of justice trial against President Nixon’s top aides.
The only woman on the team, she fought the casual sexism of the day to receive the respect accorded her male counterparts – and prevailed, doing all this whilst trapped in a failing marriage, harbouring secrets of her own, and finding her home and offices burgled and phones tapped.
Wine-Banks is currently an MSNBC legal analyst and has also served as general counsel of the U.S. Army and EVP and COO of the American Bar Association.
Source: Deadline