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EXCLUSIVE: Carrie Coon (The White Lotus) Ben Platt (The Politician), and Lukas Gage (Smile 2) are group to prima successful psychological thriller, I Am Not Your Mother, which will beryllium directed by Craig Johnson (The Skeleton Twins) and written by Johnson and Ryan O’Connell (Special).
Mister Smith Entertainment will motorboat world income astatine nan upcoming Cannes market on nan “twisted and darkly funny psychological thriller”, which is currently successful pre-production. CAA and UTA co-rep U.S. rights.
The synopsis reads: “Ollie (Platt), a young, queer head pinch a murky past, becomes fixated connected Nora Dresden (Coon), an iconic character successful hunt of her comeback. When she agrees to prima successful his debut feature, admiration turns to obsession, and their collaboration spirals into a toxic crippled of control, blurring nan statement betwixt creator and muse.”
Producers are Jared Ian Goldman (Russian Doll) and Zola Elgart Glassman (The Gallerist) for Mighty Engine. The film is being co-financed by Chris Quintos and Tyler Boehm of Unapologetic Projects and Naia Cucukov and Peter Richards of Working Barn Productions.
Director Johnson won nan 2014 Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Award for his feature The Skeleton Twins, which was besides nominated for nan Grand Jury Prize astatine nan festival. His erstwhile features include The Parenting and Alex Strangelove.
Mister Smith’s SVP International Sales & Acquisitions Shane Kelly commented: “Craig and Ryan’s rework of nan classical ‘90s obsession thriller grabbed america from nan first fewer pages – tapping into stan civilization and diva believe successful an era wherever personality and capacity are getting harder and harder to show apart. It’s self-aware, stylish and gets conscionable a small unhinged arsenic it hurtles towards its shocking climax. Led by this transportation cleanable cast, this is simply a movie that will beryllium deliciously applicable for a procreation that’s fluent successful really to beryllium their ain main character.”
Co-writer/director Craig Johnson added: “I americium thrilled to beryllium collaborating pinch Carrie, Ben and Lukas and my friends astatine Mighty Engine, Mister Smith, Unapologetic and Working Barn connected this deranged and delicious film, written successful a passionate fever pinch my beloved friend, Ryan O’Connell. Get fresh for a fierce, funny and blood-spattered bully clip astatine nan movies.”
Coon is represented by UTA, and Peikoff Mahan Law Office. Platt is represented by CAA, Immersive Management, Untitled Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen. Gage is represented by WME, Luber Roklin Entertainment, and Goodman, Genow. Johnson is represented by UTA, Mosaic, and Johnson Shapiro. Mighty Engine is represented by UTA.
