EXCLUSIVE: Carrie Coon (The White Lotus) Ben Platt (The Politician), and Lukas Gage (Smile 2) are set to star in psychological thriller, I Am Not Your Mother, which will be directed by Craig Johnson (The Skeleton Twins) and written by Johnson and Ryan O’Connell (Special).
Mister Smith Entertainment will launch international sales at the upcoming Cannes market on the “twisted and darkly funny psychological thriller”, which is currently in pre-production. CAA and UTA co-rep U.S. rights.
The synopsis reads: “Ollie (Platt), a young, queer director with a murky past, becomes fixated on Nora Dresden (Coon), an iconic actress in search of her comeback. When she agrees to star in his debut feature, admiration turns to obsession, and their collaboration spirals into a toxic game of control, blurring the line between artist and muse.”
Producers are Jared Ian Goldman (Russian Doll) and Zola Elgart Glassman (The Gallerist) for Mighty Engine. The film is being co-financed
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