Charlize Theron’s production company, Denver and Delilah Films, made a deal and now owns the screen rights to Christopher Buckley’s satirical novel “Florence of Arabia.” Theron will produce and develop the film, so she can star in the film as well.  

The adaptation from the novel will be done by Dean Craig.

“Florence of Arabia” concerns a fictional State Department employee (Theron). After watching her friend marry the prince of a Middle East country and then get executed, she decides to fight for equal rights for the women of that country. Only to discover in the end that investment bankers were behind her fight for equal rights to gain profit.

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