Blunt is set to star as Raylene Jackson, a stubborn but vulnerable and determined American woman with a chip on her shoulder who dreams of becoming a champion bull-rider.
Supported by an old-time trainer out to redeem himself and a hustler promoter, Jackson battles through heartbreak, prejudice, broken dreams and bones to reach the top of the sport.
The Hollars producer Allyson Seeger will produce alongside Adulthood and Kidulthood producer George Isaac.
Embankment Films will launch the project among buyers in advance of the Cannes market, with the team aiming to shoot in autumn 2015.
Longi told ScreenDaily how he was inspired to write the script after a recent road-trip across America led him to the popular southern sport: “We were driving down from New York and ended up in Texas where by chance we stumbled across the world of rodeo. I had never been to one before.
“We started to follow the rodeo trail and the world inspired me to write this script. During the writing I was influenced by films like Thelma and Louise and The Colour of Money.”
“For me this is a female Rocky-on-a-bull type of film. I thought it was a great hook. After seeing Emily in Edge of Tomorrow I thought she would be perfect so had her in my mind as I was writing it.”
The production is now looking to cast two male leads alongside Blunt, who was eager to attach herself to the project after reading the script.
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