Julia Stiles joins cast of Mary Pickford biopic 'The First'

Bing: Mary Pickford | Lily Rabe

Marion is notable for being the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, a feat she accomplished in 1930 for "The Big House," and—now—for being played Julia Stiles in a movie, which we suppose is no small accomplishment in and of itself. Odd that producers would pick (arguably) a more glamorous actress to play a behind-the-scenes character than they chose to play their central movie star, but who are we to quibble?

The film still has a slew of iconic characters to cast, from Douglas Fairbanks to D.W. Griffith to, potentially, Charlie Chaplin, the lot of whom—along with Pickford—founded United Artists in 1919. Which was kind of a big deal, back then. More details as they become available...