Margaret Thatcher

The French production company that helped bring The Queen to the big screen is turning its attention to another female icon: Margaret Thatcher.

The film will focus on one of the former prime minister's crowning glories, the 1982 Falklands War against Argentina.

French-owned UK-based production and distribution banner Pathe has joined forces with the BBC and independent producer Damian Jones to develop the project, which they said will offer "a revealing and intimate portrait" of the woman dubbed "the iron lady".

They have commissioned Brian Fillis to develop a screenplay. No director has yet been attached and a Pathe spokesperson stressed that the project was in the very early stages of research and development.

No budget was announced but it will be subject to cast.

The film will centre on Thatcher's battle to save her career in the 17 days immediately before the Falklands War, which was triggered when Argentina invaded the remote archipelago in the southern Atlantic.

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(Reuters)