Entertainment Weekly exclusively reports that Kirsten Dunst will no longer direct the big-screen adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s novel.
The 37-year-old actress confirmed the news to the outlet in a recent interview. “I never owned [the rights], so it went away for me. It went to other hands,” Dunst said. “That’s not in my hands anymore.”
She continued: “This is the first year I’ve been a mom. Directing a film and having a baby… that’s two years of your life, directing, editing, and promoting all of it. Maybe when I’m older I’ll want to again. Right now, I have zero interest in committing myself to that.”
A source close to the project later added that Dakota Fanning is still involved in a version of The Bell Jar currently in development as a Showtime limited series.
