EXCLUSIVE: Mare of Easttown star Angourie Rice and Spike Fearn (Ella McCay) are main a UK-set romcom for Focus Options, Working Title and Parkville Footage.
CC: Emily is the debut directorial characteristic mission for Alicia MacDonald, who has helmed episodes of Lena Dunham’s Too A lot, Stephen Service provider’s The Outlaws and Kirstie Swain’s Pure for Netflix, BBC-Amazon and Channel 4 respectively. Rachel Hirons (A Information to Second Date Intercourse) is penning the film, which has simply began principal images on location in Manchester, UK.
CC: Emily follows a lovesick musician, performed by Fearn. When he’s given the unsuitable quantity for his dream woman, he groups up with a pushed psychology pupil (Rice) to seek out her. Collectively, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that assessments their very own hearts and ambitions alongside the way in which.
Australian star Rice broke out enjoying Kate Winslet’s daughter Siobhan in HBO smash Mare of Easttown and in addition appeared in Black Mirror episode ‘Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too’ reverse Miley Cyrus. She performed Betty Brant in a variety of Spider Man motion pictures and we revealed final month she is main Canadian-Belgian psychological thriller Steal Away.
Fearn, in the meantime, not too long ago wrapped manufacturing on James L. Brooks’ Ella McCay with an ensemble forged that features Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Woody Harrelson, Ayo Edebiri, Albert Brooks and Kumail Nanjiani. Brooks’ first film for 13 years is about an idealistic younger politician who juggles familial points and a difficult work life whereas getting ready to take over the job of her mentor.
Working Title bosses Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce CC: Emily for the studio, which can also be at the moment producing Netflix sequence Jo Nesbo’s Detective Gap. Olivier Kaempfer is producing for Well mannered Society maker Parkville. Focus has worldwide rights on the film and Common Footage Worldwide will deal with worldwide distribution for the studio.
MacDonald is repped by Jessica Sykes at Impartial.
