On the Basis of Sex follows young law professor Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Jones) and her husband Marty Ginsburg (Hammer) as they team up to bring the first landmark gender discrimination case before the Supreme Court.
Armie Hammer (The Social Network, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) will join Felicity Jones in On the Basis of Sex, which Participant Media will produce and finance through Amblin Partners.
On the Basis of Sex is planned for release through Participant’s output arrangements via Amblin Partners, with Focus Features distributing domestically.
The feature is slated for release in 2018, in line with Ginsburg’s 25th anniversary as a Supreme Court Justice.