EXCLUSIVE: Director Wealthy Newey has wrapped on Grownup Kids, a brand new coming-of-age dramedy starring Betsy Brandt (Breaking Dangerous), Aya Money (You’re the Worst), Ella Rubin (Till Daybreak), Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom), and Mimi Rogers (Bosch franchise).
Written by Annika Marks, the movie follows Morgan (Rubin), a sheltered 17-year-old struggling to outline who she is, in an effort to write her school entrance essay. When a disaster supplies her the uncommon alternative to spend time along with her considerably older half-siblings (Brandt, Money & Sadoski), she hopes they’ll be capable of shed some gentle on what it means to be an grownup, solely to be dissatisfied when she discovers they’re all faking it.
Producers of the indie embrace Angie Gaffney (Single Automobile Crashes) for 521 Movies, in addition to Sadoski, Marks and Newey beneath their Let’s Strive One Productions banner. Govt producers are Randy Lennox and Christopher Keyser, in addition to Kelly Waller, Ted Reilly and Mark Glassgow for Chicago Media Angels, which financed the venture, and Michele Girgis for Rock River Studios. Brittani Ward dealt with casting and co-produced, with Amy Beecroft of Verve Ventures repping gross sales in North America.
“Bringing this story to life hinged totally on discovering the precise solid, and we couldn’t have requested for a higher one,” mentioned Newey. “I used to be completely thrilled with the expertise and rapid chemistry that Betsy, Aya, Ella and Tommy had on set, and watching them embody the complicated relationships of those siblings was extremely thrilling. Their performances are hilarious, heartbreaking and fully genuine, and I can’t wait to share their phenomenal work with pageant audiences.”
Beforehand teaming with author Marks on Killing Eleanor, a 2020 dramedy that premiered at SCAD Savannah Movie Pageant, Newey can be identified for his work on exhibits like God Friended Me, Blindspot, and The Fosters, in addition to quite a few TV motion pictures and high-profile music movies. He’s repped by Kaplan-Stahler, Integral Artists and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
Brandt is repped by TalentWorks, Patty Woo Administration, and Del Shaw Moonves; Money by UTA, Trade Leisure & Paul Hastings; Rubin by Paradigm, Kipperman Administration, and Sloane, Supply, Weber & Dern; Sadoski by Amplified Leisure & Verve; Rogers by Paradigm & Strand Leisure; and Marks by Gotham Group and Myman Greenspan Fox.
