Kirsten Dunst has signed to star in Self Assist as a lady, misplaced in L.A. and life, who will get sucked right into a far-reaching conspiracy concept after she witnesses a success and run.
With L.A. in flames, tensions mount and our bodies pile up as she performs detective, she finds herself caught between a shady actual property tycoon and a doubtful wannabe actor.
Self Assist marks the function directorial debut of Flora Birnbaum, a 2017 Sundance New Voices Fellow. She lately served as a author and co-executive producer on Hulu’s Inform Me Lies, with further writing credit on FX’s American Crime Story: Impeachment and Netflix’s Russian Doll, which earned her two WGA award nominations.
Birnbaum beforehand created, wrote, and directed the digital sequence Cleansed, which premiered at SXSW.
Jessica Elbaum and Will Ferrell’s Gloria Sanchez Productions is producing. Based in 2014, its movie credit embrace Josh Greenbaum’s Will & Harper, Todd Haynes’ Could December, Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman’s Theater Camp, Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers, Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart, and Leslye Headland’s Bachelorette.
Paris-based mk2 Movies is dealing with worldwide gross sales. UTA Impartial Movie Group and WME Impartial are representing North America.
“We’re thrilled to be partnering with Gloria Sanchez Productions, they’ve a superb observe file with new expertise, and Flora Birnbaum is not any exception. She has crafted a sensible, darkly comedian, and explosive script, and we are able to’t wait to see Kirsten Dunst carry Sage, the burned-out millennial sound healer turned personal detective, to life,” stated mk2 movies President Fionnuala Jamison
Kirsten Dunst is represented by UTA, Leisure 360, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox.
