Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White has confirmed that his autobiography is being adapted into a film and that Michael Fassbender has "first option on the script".
Speaking to Digital Spy about pre-production on the movie - based on his memoir The Devil in the Kitchen - the TV star and restaurateur explained that The Martian filmmaker Ridley Scott is overseeing the project.
Marco Pierre White's back, and his new TV cooking show is going to be a nail-biter
"It's being made by Ridley Scott. This is true," White said.
"Michael Fassbender has first option on the script. Nicholas Drake is writing the script and Anand Tucker is directing. He did that beautiful drama on Channel 4 [Indian Summers and Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983].
"I have to spend time with the scriptwriter to begin with, so we've got until the end of the year to write it."
On Macbeth's Fassbender, he continued: "Yeah, he's alright is Michael.
Speaking to Digital Spy about pre-production on the movie - based on his memoir The Devil in the Kitchen - the TV star and restaurateur explained that The Martian filmmaker Ridley Scott is overseeing the project.
Marco Pierre White's back, and his new TV cooking show is going to be a nail-biter
"It's being made by Ridley Scott. This is true," White said.
"Michael Fassbender has first option on the script. Nicholas Drake is writing the script and Anand Tucker is directing. He did that beautiful drama on Channel 4 [Indian Summers and Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983].
"I have to spend time with the scriptwriter to begin with, so we've got until the end of the year to write it."
On Macbeth's Fassbender, he continued: "Yeah, he's alright is Michael.
- 10/16/2015
- Digital Spy
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