Multi-hyphenate Hayley Kiyoko unveiled on Instagram at the moment that her directorial debut Women Like Women at Focus Options will star Maya da Costa (Underneath The Bridge) and Myra Molloy (He’s All That).
The film is predicated on Kiyoko’s hit music and viral music video of the identical identify. da Costa will play Coley whereas Myra will painting Sonya. The characteristic “tells the common story of falling in love for the primary time and studying to simply accept your self alongside the way in which” per the press launch this AM.
Right now’s announcement coincides with the tenth anniversary of the Women Like Women music video which dropped on June 24, 2015 and garnered north of 145M views. In 2023, Kiyoko launched the New York Instances Greatest Promoting novel Women Like Women, which expanded upon the characters from her music video. In 2019, Billboard included the ditty in its record of the “30 Lesbian Love Songs”.
The music video follows Coley and Sonya as they study their for one another. Nevertheless, Sonya’s boyfriend is tremendously in the way in which, and really assaults Coley after he finds the 2 girls kissing. Coley punches again, and Sonya manages to listen to her off of him. The video ends with Coley and Sonya in bliss.
Kiyoko co-wrote the screenplay with Stefanie Scott, the actress who starred as Coley within the unique music video.
Marc Platt, Katie McNicol, Adam Siegel, and Dee Greatest are producing for Marc Platt Productions, Michael Philip and Jason Moring are producing alongside BuzzFeed Studios’ Richard Alan Reid.
Kiyoko is represented by ATC, Kaplan-Perrone, Cultured Artists and CAA. da Costa is represented by da Costa Expertise and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Molloy is represented by Gersh and Luber Roklin Leisure.
