EXCLUSIVE: Author-director Ellie Sachs has set a formidable forged for her debut characteristic Lucy Schulman, an indie rom-com wherein she performs the title function. Not too long ago wrapping manufacturing in New York Metropolis, the movie additionally stars David Cross (Arrested Improvement), who exec produces, in addition to Thomas Mann (Sovereign), Sandrine Holt (Your Pals & Neighbors), playwright and actress Eisa Davis (Mare of Easttown), actress and filmmaker Annabelle Attanasio (Bull), and actor-comedian Hasan MInhaj (It Ends with Us).
The logline for Lucy Schulman is being saved underneath wraps. Fernando Loureiro (Frances Ha) and Guilherme Coelho (the upcoming Oceânico) are producing by way of their firm, Tigresa, together with Morwin Schmookler (The Apprentice). Govt producers embody Cross, Gabriel Faria do Amaral, Jay Burnley, Will Frank Day, Sam Evoy, Will Janowitz, Carissa Knol, Clay Prietsch, Zachary Rice, Kelly Schwartz, Sascha Seinfeld, and Chelsea Tieu.
UTA Impartial Movie Group is repping worldwide rights.
Beforehand, Sachs has labored on the internet sequence Advert World, offered the Richard Sort brief Proof of Idea to The New Yorker, and arrange pilots at locations like FX. The up-and-comer is repped by UTA and Mosaic.
Cross is repped by UTA, Brillstein Leisure Companions, and Sloane, Provide, Weber & Dern; Mann by UTA, Amplified, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; Holt by Denton Brierley, Paradigm, and Strand Leisure; Davis by Gersh and Del Shaw Moonves; Attanasio by Leisure 360, CAA, and Ziffren Brittenham; and Minhaj by WME and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
