Christian Stewart have found the right co -stars for their upcoming function ”Wrong girls. “Stewart, who together wrote film With his fiancé Dylan Meyer (“Moxie”) will also start in the function and produce it. “The wrong girls” were announced 2023, with Stewart who describes it as a “Stoner-Girl Comedy” at that time. Alia Shawkat Will also start in the movie; Stewart acted together with Shawkat in “The Runaways” 2010.
The Support crew also includes Seth RogenKumail Nanjiani, Lakeith Stanfield, Zack Fox and Tony Hale. Neon releases the film theatrically in the United States and represents international rights.
The film is Meyer’s directorial debut. The film follows Frankie (Stewart) and Molly (Shawkat), two co -dependent best friends who live paycheck to PayCheck and Bong Rip to Bong Rip, when a case of incorrect identity throws their lives into chaos.
Permanent told indifire While promoting “loves me” that she “does backflips” that “wrong girls” are in production.
“Dylan wrote that script, ‘The Wrong Girls’, years ago and we produce it now,” said Stewart. “We start shooting in two weeks and I’m like making backflips about it. I am so excited that we can shoot in LA and it seems like a fantasy. Alia Shawkat is my other “wrong girl” and we put it together, as in a fairly literal way, right now. “
Production began in early February. The feature is one of the first independent films that goes into production in LA in the middle of the latest devastating fires.
During the film’s 29-day production, the film will employ about 100 people per day, of which 95 percent will be local LA residents, including Emmy-nominated Kinematographer Todd Banhazl (“Winning Time”, “Hustlers”), Singer Songwriter and Composer For Sailing and Emmy-nominated customers Heidi Bivens (“Euphoria”). Philadelphia Punk Band Mannequin Pussy will also bring her explosive energy to the film with a live performance in a long-lasting Los Angeles DIY space.
“The Wrong Girls” is Neon and Stewart’s third collaboration together after Pablo Larraín’s acclaimed Oscar-nominated 2021 movie “Spencer” and David Cronenberg’s 2022 Cannes official selection “The crime of the future.”
“The Wrong Girls” will be produced by Maggie Mclean, Stewart and Meyer for Nevermind Pictures; Alex McATEE, James Weaver, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg for Point Gray; And Allison Carter and Jon read for Savage Rose Productions during their production and development partnership with neon. Surveillance for neon will be Jason Wald, EVP Acquisitions & Production, Claire Timmons, VP Talent Relations and Kate Gondwe, Head ADP. The deal was negotiated with WME Independent and Uta Independent Film Group.
Stewart will make his own Feature Direction Debut With “The Chronology of Water”, which she adapted from novelist Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir. Imogen Poots Leads the indie movie It is produced by Ridley Scott. The function has been around since 2018.
“I feel like I’m sitting on something that I’m so proud of,” said Stewart about “The Chronology of Water”, and added, “It’s just been such a long track. It has taken me so many years to pull it over The line and I think I might just flow out into heaven when we are actually accepted for a festival. We will be like, “Wow, this is something that will not be the only thing you think about anymore.”
In addition to both features, Stewart annoyed that she has a “fucking tone” of other projects in the works, but no one she is “ready to pull on the lid.”
Stewart told me earlier Interview magazine that she had been ”afraid Of all big lately “in the middle of 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 said at that time. “I will not make a movie for more than $ 5 million either, because it makes me uncomfortable and they usually suck. But getting people to agree to do it is so hard. “
