Stories We Tell writer-director Sarah Polley is to adapt & Sons, an acclaimed book by David Gilbert about a reclusive novelist and his three sons, which was published in 2013..

According to Deadline, Polley has been commissioned by Brett Ratner’s RatPac Entertainment to work on the film. While it is not specifically stated that Polley will direct the project, her increasing status as an auteur means it is highly likely she will. If so, it will be her fourth feature as director, which has developed in parallel with a high-profile acting career.

Gilbert has described & Sons as an exploration of “how we turn ourselves into a … fictional form”, a theme that would sit well with Polley after Stories We Tell (2012), which investigated her own family’s secrets and internal narratives. That film won win a string of prizes, including the Writers Guild of America award for best documentary screenplay.