Kristen Stewart has discovered the appropriate co-stars for her upcoming characteristic “The Wrong Girls.” Stewart, who co-wrote the film together with her fiancée Dylan Meyer (“Moxie”), may even star within the characteristic and produce it. “The Wrong Girls” was announced in 2023, with Stewart describing it as a “stoner-girl comedy” on the time. Alia Shawkat may even star within the movie; Stewart acted alongside Shawkat in “The Runaways” in 2010.
The supporting cast also includes Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, LaKeith Stanfield, Zack Fox, and Tony Hale. NEON will launch the movie theatrically within the U.S. and symbolize the worldwide rights.
The movie is Meyer’s directorial debut. The movie follows Frankie (Stewart) and Molly (Shawkat), two codependent finest mates who’re residing paycheck to paycheck and bong rip to bong rip, when a case of mistaken identification throws their lives into chaos.
Stewart told IndieWire whereas selling “Love Me” that she is “doing backflips” about having “The Wrong Girls” go into manufacturing.
“Dylan wrote that script, ‘The Wrong Girls,’ years ago and we are producing it now,” Stewart stated. “We start shooting in two weeks and I’m like doing backflips about it. I’m so excited we get to shoot in L.A. and that in and of itself seems like a fantasy. Alia Shawkat is my other ‘Wrong Girl’ and we’re putting it together, like in quite a literal way, right now.”
Production started in early February. The characteristic is without doubt one of the first unbiased movies going into manufacturing in L.A. amid the latest devastating wildfires.
Over the course of the movie’s 29 day manufacturing, the movie will make use of roughly 100 individuals per day, 95 p.c of which will probably be native L.A. residents, together with Emmy-nominated cinematographer Todd Banhazl (“Winning Time”, “Hustlers”), singer-songwriter and composer Ty Segall, and Emmy-nominated costumer Heidi Bivens (“Euphoria”). Philadelphia punk band Mannequin Pussy may even carry their explosive power to the movie with a dwell efficiency at a long-shuttered Los Angeles DIY house.
“The Wrong Girls” is NEON and Stewart’s third collaboration collectively following Pablo Larraín’s acclaimed Academy Award-nominated 2021 movie “Spencer” and David Cronenberg’s 2022 Cannes Official Selection “Crimes of the Future.”
“The Wrong Girls” will probably be produced by Maggie McLean, Stewart, and Meyer for Nevermind Pictures; Alex McAtee, James Weaver, Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg for Point Grey; and Allison Carter and Jon Read for Savage Rose Productions underneath their manufacturing and improvement partnership with NEON. Overseeing for NEON will probably be Jason Wald, EVP Acquisitions & Production, Claire Timmons, VP Talent Relations, and Kate Gondwe, Manager ADP. The deal was negotiated with WME Independent and UTA Independent Film Group.
Stewart will make her personal feature directorial debut with “The Chronology of Water,” which she tailored from novelist Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir. Imogen Poots leads the indie film that’s produced by Ridley Scott. The characteristic has been within the works since 2018.
“I feel like I’m sitting on something that I’m so proud of,” Stewart stated of “The Chronology of Water,” including, “It’s just been such a long trajectory. It’s taken me so many years to pull it over the line and I think I might just float off into the sky once we actually get accepted to a festival. We will be like, ‘Wow, this is something that isn’t going to be the only thing you think of anymore.’”
In addition to each options, Stewart teased that she has a “fucking ton” of different initiatives within the works, however none that she is “ready to pull the lid on.”
Stewart beforehand advised Interview magazine that she had been “scared of anything big lately” amidst helming “The Chronology of Water.” “I just want to make a Cassavetes movie. I want my first movie to be a student film, even if it takes three years,” she stated on the time. “I’m also not going to make a movie for more than $5 million, because it makes me uncomfortable and they usually suck. But getting people to agree to do that is so hard.”
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