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PVPictures and Dutch Features are teaming for the biopic "Sylvia Kristel: Object of Desire" which will aim for a 2015 release.

Kristel, who died at age 60 last year, was the iconic star of the legendary erotic drama film series "Emmanuelle".

Her role came to symbolise the sexual revolution of the 1970s. However, she never fully coped with the fame that came with the role, and she found herself battling addiction and typecasting.

She also shared stormy relationships with British actor Ian McShane and Belgian top author Hugo Claus. Sylvia's son Arthur Kristel will serve as a consultant.

Paul Voorthuysen and Pim van Collem will produce.

Source: Screen Daily...

Her film career was dominated by her role as Emmanuelle

There can be few film actors so closely associated with one role as was Sylvia Kristel, who has died of cancer aged 60. The title role of the sexually adventurous housewife in Emmanuelle (1974) became a reference for every part she played subsequently. This was not surprising, as the Dutch star did play a character called Emmanuelle, with few variations, many times over.

In the original film, Kristel portrayed the bored wife of a French embassy official in Bangkok, urged by her libertine husband to explore all the possibilities of sex. Thereupon, she finds herself in bed with, among others, a lesbian archaeologist and an elderly roué. Directed with some grace by Just Jaeckin, this glossy soft-porn package, dressed up as art-house erotica, was a huge international hit, becoming the first X-rated film to be released in the Us. Lushly photographed and...

Actress Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch star of the hit 1970s erotic movie Emmanuelle, has died of cancer at age 60.

Her agent, Features Creative Management, said in a statement Thursday that Kristel died in her sleep Wednesday night. Kristel, a model who turned to acting in the 1970s, had been fighting cancer for several years.

Her breakthrough came in Emmanuelle, a 1974 erotic tale directed by Frenchman Just Jaeckin, about the sexual adventures of a man and his beautiful young wife, played by Kristel, in Thailand.

She went on to star in several sequels to Emmanuelle, as well as in Hollywood movies...

Sylvia Kristel has died. The Dutch actress - best known for her work in the erotic 'Emmanuelle' movie series - has lost her battle with cancer at the age of 60. Her agent confirmed: 'She died during the night during her sleep.' Sylvia - who battled drug and alcohol addiction for several years - had suffered a stroke in July and was admitted to hospital. Her agent declined to say whether the actress had died at home or in hospital. A private funeral will take place at a later date. Sylvia is survived by her 38-year-old son Arthur, from her marriage to Hugo Claus. The twice-wed actress first rose to fame appearing in the first 'Emmanuelle' film - the first...

Sylvia Kristel, arguably the world's first true porn star, whose starring role in the 1974 erotic French film Emmanuelle changed the face of adult cinema, has died of cancer. She was 60. "She died during the night during her sleep," her agent told the Afp news agency on Thursday. The Dutch actress, a longtime smoker, had suffered a stroke in July. Emmanuelle, which told the story of a wayward wife of a French diplomat abroad, was one of the first erotic films to be shown in mainstream theaters, and was one of the biggest French box-office hits ever. Kristel herself said it...

The Hague, Netherlands -- Actress Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch star of the hit 1970s erotic movie "Emmanuelle," has died of cancer at age 60.

Her agent, Features Creative Management, said in a statement Thursday that Kristel died in her sleep Wednesday night. Kristel, a model who turned to acting in the 1970s, had been fighting cancer for several years.

Her breakthrough came in "Emmanuelle," a 1974 erotic tale directed by Frenchman Just Jaeckin, about the sexual adventures of a man and his beautiful young wife, played by Kristel, in Thailand.

She went on to star in several sequels to "Emmanuelle," as well as in Hollywood movies including "Private Lessons" in 1981.

In Hollywood, she sank into a world of drink and drugs. "I wish I could have skipped that part of my life, she said in a 2005 interview with Dutch newspaper De Volkkrant.

Her agent described her as one of the Netherlands' biggest movie stars,...