Marjane Satrapi will direct “The Voices” for Mandalay Vision and Vertigo Entertainment, Mandalay confirmed on Tuesday.
This will be the first English language, live-action film for Satrapi, the director of 2007 animated Oscar nominee “Persepolis.” Her first live-action feature, “Chicken with Plums,” a French drama, opened overseas last year. Both films are based on graphic novels Satrapi wrote.
“The Voices” is a Black List script written by Michael R. Perry ("Paranormal Activity 2") that details a disturbed factory worker who goes on and off his medications. Told from the man's point of view, it mixes a dark subject matter with comedic notes.