Noomi Rapace will star in What Happened To Monday? for director Tommy Wirkola.

The story is based on Max Botkin’s Black List screenplay and Vendome is financing the project.

Rapace will play septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings.

“Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor – male or female – to bring them to life,” said Wirkola.

Raffaella De Laurentiis is producing through Raffaella Productions along with Vendome’s Philippe Rousselet. 

Raffaella Productions’ slate includes Untitled Shanghai Story to be directed by Barry Levinson and fully financed by the Shanghai Film Group; mini-series Dino to be written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana; Teenage Dream to be directed by Trey Fanjoy; and The Wreck Of The Medusa to be directed by Peter Webber.

Vendome’s credits include Source Code and the company is developing El Bulli, The Widow, Bastille Day and Alive 7 Well.

CAA represents Rapace and Wirkola.