Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone and Daniel Mays have signed on for We Want Sex, a light-hearted look at the women's rights movement that's billed as Billy Elliot meets Calendar Girls.
The trio join Sally Hawkins and Bob Hoskins in telling the story of the 1968 strike by the women of Ford's Dagenham plant that brought the motor giant to its knees and made waves in Westminster and the campaign for equal pay. Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls) will direct after stepping in to replace Simon Curtis.
According to producer Elizabeth Karlsen of Number 9 Films, We Want Sex will combine drama and comedy in equal doses. "Although it's set in 1968, the challenges for women today remain as prevalent and constant as they did then. As filmmakers, our own challenge will be to create the events, both hilarious and tragic in turn, that led to a groundbreaking law that enabled the empowerment of women around the world."
Shooting on We Want Sex starts next month at London's 3 Mills Studios and on location around the UK.