A24 has boarded Jesse Eisenberg‘s subsequent movie behind the digital camera — the untitled musical comedy, starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, on which we had been first to report in November. Sources stated this was a worldwide adverse pickup, within the vein of the studio’s deal for Heretic, the horror hit from Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.
The movie follows a shy lady (Moore) who’s unexpectedly solid in a neighborhood theater musical manufacturing, going to extremes as she loses herself within the position. Manufacturing kicked off this month, with Halle Bailey (The Little Mermaid), Havana Rose Liu (Lurker), and Bernadette Peters (Mozart within the Jungle) among the many newcomers to the solid.
Fruit Tree’s Emma Stone, Dave McCary and Ali Herting will produce, with Matter Studios serving as govt producers. Bonnie Milligan, Colton Ryan, Lilli Cooper, and Maulik Pancholy spherical out the solid.
The undertaking continues Eisenberg’s partnership with Fruit Tree and A24, following his directorial debut When You End Saving the World, starring Moore and Finn Wolfhard, in addition to Fruit Tree and A24’s earlier collaborations on I Noticed the TV Glow and The Curse. Eisenberg not too long ago labored with each Fruit Tree and Matter Studios on Searchlight’s A Actual Ache, which earned Kieran Culkin an Oscar for Greatest Supporting Actor and Eisenberg a nomination for Greatest Authentic Screenplay.
Along with writing and directing, Eisenberg wrote the unique music and lyrics for the brand new movie’s musical, with music supervisor Steven Gizicki (A Full Unknown) and govt music producer Invoice Sherman (In The Heights), choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton), and cinematography by Drew Daniels (Anora).
Recognized for starring in The Little Mermaid and The Coloration Purple, Bailey additionally not too long ago signed on to star reverse Regé-Jean Web page in Common’s Italianna. She is repped by CAA.
Liu was seen this 12 months at Sundance in Cooper Raiff’s indie collection Hal & Harper and the thriller Lurker, which notched one of many few offers of the competition. Her upcoming slate consists of Michael Showalter’s Oh. What. Enjoyable. at Amazon MGM, John Carney’s musical comedy Energy Ballad at Lionsgate, and crime thriller Tuner reverse Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman. She is repped by CAA, Nameless Content material, and Schreck Rose Dapello.
A Golden Globe winner and a number of Emmy nominee, Peter’s latest tasks have included Netflix’s tick, tick… BOOM!, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist on NBC and the Zoey’s movie that adopted it, Excessive Desert at Apple, and Amazon’s award winner Mozart within the Jungle. Upcoming, she additionally has the Western Final Practice to Fortune with Mary Steenburgen and Malcolm McDowell. She is repped by WME.
Milligan is repped by CESD, Untitled, and Schreck Rose Dapello; Ryan by Gersh and TFC Administration; Cooper by Artists & Representatives and Ivy Rocky Administration; and Pancholy by Artists & Representatives and Brillstein Leisure Companions. CAA Media Finance, WME Impartial, Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole and Felker Toczek Suddleson negotiated the deal.
