Renée Zellweger to Star in Movie "A Woman in the Sun"

Oscar winners Renée Zellweger and Sissy Spacek will star with rising talent Mia Threapleton in “A Woman in the Sun.”

Black Bear and Artist Equity have partnered with Zellweger’s Big Picture Co. on the feature, which marks the directorial debut of “Nyad” writer Julia Cox.

Black Bear will introduce the project to international buyers at Cannes, running from May 12-23.

Zellweger is producing the project alongside Carmella Casinelli (for Big Picture Co.) and Kim Roth, with Greg Gertmenian co-producing. Principal photography is slated to begin in September 2026.

“A Woman in the Sun” follows a month in the life of Claire Keating, a bartender on Nantucket and part of the island’s dwindling middle class.

When her mother gets sick and her daughter moves home, Claire’s world cracks open. Both fragile and tough, Claire must reckon with her past and take ownership of her future.

This multi-generational story explores the beauty, agony, and hilarity of loving other people deeply.

Black Bear and Artists Equity are co-financing the project, with Black Bear set to distribute the film in North America and the UK, as well as in Canada via Elevation Pictures.

The movie project reunites Cox and Black Bear following the success of 2023’s “Nyad,” which earned two Academy Award nominations and a WGA nod for Cox.