After starring turns in last year's The Heat and the Oscar-nominated Gravity, Sandra Bullock looks like she will be going the biopic route for her next project.

Celebrities Who've Had Dangerous Stalker Encounters

The Hollywood Reporter says that Bullock has signed a deal with Sony to star in their untitled project about the origin and rise of a Tupperware executive. The film will be directed by The Help and Get On Up helmer Tate Taylor.

Tupperware was originally developed by Earl Silas Tupper but took off in the 1950s when sales exec Brownie Wise came up with the idea of having Tupperware parties. Soon those gatherings were sweeping the nation, and Wise became as popular as the product she was selling. In 1954, she became the first woman to appear on the cover of Businessweek.

Sandra Bullock To Join The Cast Of 'Downton Abbey?'

Wise, unfortunately, began clashing with Tupper, who eventually pushed her out in 1958 and tried his best to erase her from the company records. She never recovered from her ousting and fell off the corporate ladder just as the women's liberation movement began to take off.

The movie marks the first official role Bullock has taken on since her Oscar nomination this year for her performance in Gravity.

Taylor wrote the script for the project, which is based on Tupperware Unsealed, the nonfiction book written by Bob Kealing.

David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films and Television packaged the project and are producing along with Tom Shelly. Taylor will also produce via his Wyolah Films shingle.

Taylor's latest film, Get On Up, hits theaters on August 1 and stars Chadwick Boseman as James Brown.

Tags
Sandra Bullock, Movies