'Bridesmaids' actress Rose Byrne. Photo: Getty ImagesAustralian actress Rose Byrne is set to play Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a film about the week following the 15 March Christchurch mosque attacks, according to US media reports. New Zealand screenwriter and producer Andrew Niccol will write and direct the project, They Are Us, which focuses on the week following the 2019 attacks, the Hollywood media outlet Deadline reports. Glen Basner's FilmNation Entertainment is shopping the project to international buyers at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market, according to the report. The title is drawn from Ardern's words on the day of the attacks, describing those directly affected by the shootings.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 10, 2021 21:00 UTC