Lake Bell Set to Direct An Adaptation of Claire Messud’s Emperor’s Children Written by Noah Baumbach

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Lake Bell has just set herself up to have a potentially great follow up to her directorial debut, In a World.

The Emperor’s Children, a novel from Claire Messud that follows the NY intelligentsia before and after 9/11, was adapted into a screenplay by perhaps the perfect person to adapt such a story, Noah Baumbach, With the script in place, Lake Bell is now set to direct making for an undeniably intriguing collaboration.

We’ll definitely be waiting patiently for a trailer.