Elle Fanning's recent project Three Generations has been acquired by The Weinstein Company at the Cannes Film Festival. The project is being called a transgender drama.

The Wrap reported that the film is directed by Daby Dellal and focuses on Fanning playing a young woman who wants to transition into being a male.

Also starring in this film is Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon. Watts plays the mother of Fanning's character and Sarandon is her grandmother.

Go through a transition and becoming transgender has become mainstream within pop culture recently through the media and in television. Former Olympian Bruce Jenner publicly announced during a 20/20 interview that he would be transitioning from being a male to a female. The issue of becoming transgender is also being explored within the Amazon instant series Transparent.

Fanning is keeping a busy schedule, she has also been attached to the upcoming 20th Century Women which will also star Annette Bening and Greta Gerwig, Deadline reported.

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