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Anne Hathaway to Play Judy Garland in Stage and Screen Adaptations of Get Happy

Anne Hathaway
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
Anne Hathaway
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

Anne Hathaway will star as Judy Garland in stage and screen adaptations of the Gerald Clarke 2001 biography of Garland, Get Happy, according to Variety.

The adaptations are being produced by The Weinstein Company, who optioned the rights to the book.

Hathaway will star as Viola in this summer’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night; her additional stage credits include Carnival, Jane Eyre, and Gigi. She received an Academy Award nomination for Rachel Getting Married, and also appeared in the films Bride Wars, The Devil Wears Prada, Get Smart, Brokeback Mountain, and The Princess Diaries.