Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike to Star in Thea Sharrock Romantic Comedy 'Ladies First' for Netflix

Director: Thea Sharrock (The Beautiful Game, Wicked Little Letters, Me Before You)

Writer: Katie Silberman (Set It Up, Booksmart), Natalie Krinsky (The Broken Hearts Gallery, upcoming McQueen & Blow), Cinco Paul (Schmigadoon!, Despicable Me)

Producers: Liza Chasin for 3dot Productions, Eleonore Dailly, Edouard de Lachomette, and Four By Two Films

Cast: Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award winner Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, The Trial of the Chicago 7), Academy Award and BAFTA nominee and Golden Globe and Emmy winner Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, I Care a Lot)

Logline: A womanizer gets a real wakeup call when he finds himself in a world dominated by women – a fiery female counterpart makes things far more complicated.

This English-language romantic comedy is an adaptation based on Eleonore Pourriat’s Je Ne Suis Pas Un Homme Facile.

The project falls under Chasin’s creative partnership with Netflix, which sees her produce feature films via her shingle, 3dot Productions. Coming up next from the partnership is Lonely Planet starring Laura Dern and The Life List starring Sofia Carson.