Ava DuVernay To Direct Fashion World Drama 'The Battle Of Versailles'

Last month, Ava DuVernay signed up to direct two projects in quick succession: Disney's "A Wrinkle In Time" and the sci-fi flick, "Intelligent Life," which is due to be the filmmakers's next movie, with production kicking off this summer. But she's not yet done adding projects to her plate.

The latest is "The Battle Of Versailles," which is not the period picture that you'd think it might be. Instead, it's a fashion world drama centered around the November 28, 1973 fashion show that took place at the Palace of Versailles that was a "Captain America: Civil War" style battle between five French designers (Yves Saint Laurent, Hubert de Givenchy, Pierre Cardin, Emanuel Ungaro, and Marc Bohan of Christian Dior) and an American team (Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass, Anne Klein, Halston, Stephen Burrows and Anne Klein), with both sides showing off their goods in front of the world's elite. The movie will be based on Robin Givhan's book, "The Battle...