Exclusive: Pose writer, director and producer Janet Mock has set her first major project under the landmark overall deal she signed at Netflix last year. Mock has partnered with producer Ryan Murphy on Janet, a film which chronicles the true and complicated story of Washington Post journalist Janet Cooke, for Netflix.It will mark Mock’s feature film debut.
Cooke famously won a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for her investigative piece “Jimmy’s World” only to have it taken away when it was revealed she made the entire story up.
Mock, a former journalist herself, is co-writing the screenplay with former Washington Post editor Ned Martel. She also is directing the film and will produce with Martel and Murphy. Janet falls under Murphy’s giant overall deal at Netflix.
The film is currently casting for the roles of Cooke, her editor Bob Woodward and his boss Katherine Graham. The movie will...
Cooke famously won a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for her investigative piece “Jimmy’s World” only to have it taken away when it was revealed she made the entire story up.
Mock, a former journalist herself, is co-writing the screenplay with former Washington Post editor Ned Martel. She also is directing the film and will produce with Martel and Murphy. Janet falls under Murphy’s giant overall deal at Netflix.
The film is currently casting for the roles of Cooke, her editor Bob Woodward and his boss Katherine Graham. The movie will...
- 2/27/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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