简介：TheMarquiswillshootinEnglishandisbeingearmarkedforawinter2016-17productionstart. AjaisadaptingthescreenplayinspiredbyJeanTeulé’snovelLeMontespan. Theproject,whichthepartiessayisbudgetedat$25m,willdepicttheill-fatedpassionbetweendeMontespanandhiswifeAthénaïs,abeautifulandambitiouswomanwhobecamethemistressofLouisXIV. Themarquisdismissedtheprestigeassociatedwithone’swifebeingalovertothemonarchandtriedatallcoststoreclaimher. “Thisisthestoryofanextremelypassionatecouple,who,fornearly30yearssoughttofreethemselvesfromthemuckofthishypocriticalsocietytheylivedin,”saidAja. “She,throughherblindambitiontobecomethetruequeenofFranceandhe,neverceasingtodisplayhisloveforher,defyingeveryone,eventheSunKinghimself.Withrelentlessdarkhumourandtempestuoussensuality,Montespantellsthetragiclovestoryaboutaman,hiswife,andthekingthatcamebetweenthen.”…