Actress Anne Parillaud (La femme Nikita) reportedly read the screenplay within a few hours and expressed her desire of directing the film as well as playing the female lead.
First french screenplay of screenwriter Jordan Tate.
The film was in development in France a few years ago but it slowly became an international project to be shot in Paris with a mixture of European and American actors.
Adrien Brody is being considered to play Dorian the title role.