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Bill Pullman is to take on the role of late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner in a new \u201ccoming of age\u201d movie. <\/p>\n
\nPlaymates will be the directorial debut for Lorraine Nicholson, who also penned the script, which tells the story of a 13-year-old girl called Elle who considers the Playboy Mansion to be her second home. <\/p>\n
\nAs she\u2019s at the mansion, she meets a wannabe Playmate Anna, played by Lily-Rose Depp, who is vying to be Playmate of the Month.<\/p>\n
\nThe pair form an unlikely friendship as Elle tries to help Anna land her goal, whilst Anna attempts to get Elle her dream – a boyfriend. <\/p>\n
\nPlaymates will also star The Housemaid actress Indiana Elle as teenager Elle, and has been snapped up by Searchlight Pictures, according to Deadline Hollywood.<\/p>\n
\nLorraine, the daughter of legendary actor Jack Nicholson and his ex Rebecca Broussard, has loosely based the story on her own experiences at the Playboy Mansion while growing up in the public eye. <\/p>\n
\nWhile Lorraine\u2019s short film Life Boat, which she wrote and directed, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, Playmates will mark her feature debut. <\/p>\n
\nShe previously hit headlines with an essay she penned for W magazine about growing up in Hollywood, in which she called Los Angeles the \u201cstatus-anxiety capital of the world\u201d. <\/p>\n
\nIn the essay, Lorraine also recalled some of her experiences at the Playboy Mansion – and her friendship with Hugh\u2019s children Marston and Cooper. <\/p>\n
\nShe called the mansion \u201csuch a place of innocence, paradoxically\u201d, adding: \u201cI was regularly swimming in the grotto. I didn\u2019t know that the place had this other side by night.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nLorraine had her first movie experience when she was cast as an extra in Jack\u2019s movie Something\u2019s Gotta Give when she was just 13. <\/p>\n
\nShe recalled: \u201cNancy Meyers let me be an extra in\u00a0Something\u2019s Gotta Give\u00a0because I wanted to be an actor. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cBut my parents wouldn\u2019t let me pursue acting until I went to college, which was smart, because I then realised I didn\u2019t actually want that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n