In My Shoes Movie Updates

Mon., Jul. 11, 2016

from Deadline

Working Title Options Tamara Mellon’s ‘In My Shoes’ To Fashion Feat...

Working Title has optioned In My Shoes, the autobiography of Jimmy Choo co-founder Tamara Mellon.

• changed the production status to Development
• added Working Title Films as a production company
• added Eric Fellner as producer to credits
• added Tim Bevan as producer to credits
• added true story as genre
• added Laura Solon as screenwriter to credits
• added a synopsis

• Tamara Mellon, who had a troubled childhood, loses her job as an editor at Vogue. After a stint in rehab, Mellon partners with Malaysian-born cobbler Jimmy Choo whose footwear she develops into a billion-dollar brand in the late 1990s & early 2000s. ... show all As the company becomes a runaway success, private equity suits try to take over, undermine quality, boost sales, and ultimately sell the firm out from under her. Mellon fights back tooth-and-nail. She ultimately sells her shares for a reported $135M and exits the company in 2011.

• created the movie profile