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Neon has begun production on stoner comedy The Wrong Girls starring Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat and disclosed further details on what it says is one of the first independent films to shoot in Los Angeles after the wildfires.

Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, Lakeith Stanfield, Zack Fox, and Tony Hale are among the supporting cast on Dylan Meyer’s feature directorial debut.

Neon said that over the course of the 29-day production the film will employ approximately 100 people per day, 95% of whom will be local residents, including cinematographer Todd Banhazl (Hustlers), singer-songwriter and composer Ty Segall, and costumer Heidi Bivens...

Neon has begun production on stoner comedy The Wrong Girls starring Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat and disclosed further details on what it says is one of the first independent films to shoot in Los Angeles after the wildfires.

Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, Lakeith Stanfield, Zack Fox, and Tony Hale are among the supporting cast on Dylan Meyer’s feature directorial debut.

Neon said that over the course of the 29 day production the film will employ approximately 100 people per day, 95% of whom will be local residents, including cinematographer Todd Banhazl (Hustlers), singer-songwriter and composer Ty Segall, and costumer Heidi Bivens...

Alia Shawkat, Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, Lakeith Stanfield, Zack Fox and Tony Hale have joined Kristen Stewart in “The Wrong Girls” at Neon.

The film, which marks Dylan Meyer’s directorial debut, began shooting last week, becoming one of the first independent films going into production in Los Angeles following January’s devastating wildfires. Neon will release the film theatrically in the U.S. and represent the international rights.

Over the course of the film’s 29-day production, which began last week, the film will employ approximately 100 people per day, 95% of which will be local L.A. residents, including Emmy-nominated cinematographer Todd Banhazl, singer-songwriter and composer Ty Segall and Emmy-nominated costumer Heidi Bivens (“Euphoria”).

Written and directed by Meyer (“Moxie”), the film follows Frankie (Stewart) and Molly (Shawkat), codependent best friends living paycheck to paycheck and bong rip to bong rip, when a case of mistaken identity throws their lives into chaos.

Kristen Stewart (Love Lies Bleeding) and Alia Shawkat (Blink Twice) will topline The Wrong Girls, a new Neon film marking the directorial debut of Dylan Meyer, which is up and running in Los Angeles — one of the first indies to kick off production following the devastating wildfires.

Others in the cast include Seth Rogen — who also produces via Point Grey — as well as Kumail Nanjiani, Lakeith Stanfield, Zack Fox, and Tony Hale.

Written and directed by Meyer, the film follows Frankie (Stewart) and Molly (Shawkat), codependent best friends living paycheck to paycheck and bong rip to bong rip, when a case of mistaken identity throws their lives into chaos. Neon will release the film in U.S. theaters and also reps international rights.

The film will be produced by Maggie McLean, Stewart and Meyer for Nevermind Pictures; Alex McAtee, James Weaver, Rogen and Evan Goldberg for Point Grey; and Allison Carter...

Kristen Stewart has found the right co-stars for her upcoming feature “The Wrong Girls.”

Stewart, who will lead the film that is written and directed by her fiancée Dylan Meyer (“Moxie”), will also produce the feature. “The Wrong Girls” was announced in 2023, with Stewart describing it as a “stoner-girl comedy” at the time. Alia Shawkat will also star in the film; Stewart acted alongside Shawkat in “The Runaways” in 2010.

The supporting cast also includes Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, Lakeith Stanfield, Zack Fox, and Tony Hale. Neon will release the film theatrically in the U.S. and represent the international rights.

“The Wrong Girls” is Meyer’s directorial debut. The film follows Frankie (Stewart) and Molly (Shawkat), two codependent best friends who are living paycheck to paycheck and bong rip to bong rip, when a case of mistaken identity throws their lives into chaos.

Stewart told IndieWire while promoting “Love Me...

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Tribeca and Chanel have sights set on the next installment of their collaboration, Through Her Lens.

Founded in 2015 by Tribeca and Chanel and in collaboration with Pulse Films, the mentorship program provides industry support, artistic development and funding to emerging U.S.-based self-identifying women and nonbinary writers and directors while also hosting finalists, industry jurors and mentors for in-person events, workshops, classes and peer-to-peer sessions.

The partners today announced the names of its 2022 leadership committee. It’s comprised of jurors, mentors and masterclass participants. Jury members include actor and director Jennifer Morrison, producer Bonnie Hammer, actor Alexandra Shipp, producer Paula Weinstein and actor Thuso Mbedu.

Mentors include Annette Bening, writer and showrunner Annie Weisman, producer Effie Brown, producer Haifaa Al-Mansour and producer Maria Zuckerman. Writing mentors include writer Becky Johnston, producer Kelly Carmichael, writer and showrunner Angela Kang, writer and showrunner Deepa Mehta...

The Locarno Film Festival has unveiled the selection of emerging film industry executives, filmmakers and critics selected for its long-running Locarno Academy program aimed at nurturing the next generation of cinema professionals.

The academy program, which will take place within the framework of the festival’s 75th edition running August 3-13, selects candidates who have already made in-roads in their chosen field.

Industry Academy participants will include Maya Barenstein, a sales executive at Paris-based sales company Coproduction Office, where she recently worked on Cannes 2022 Palme d’Or winner Triangle Of Sadness; Franziska Bioh, an acquisition coordinator at Mubi in London; and Malo Jacquemin, who is currently attached to the co-production department of Arte France Cinéma after stints at French sales company Charades and production house CG Cinema.

The group also includes Stephan Henz, who is head of programming at the Swiss Arthouse Commercio theatre in Zurich; Egle Maceinaite, programme coordinator...

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PolygraphThe past year, in all its plague decay, has uncovered—as crises tend to—the potential for paradigm shifts. Writers much smarter than I am have already gorgeously noted the few but incredibly generative impacts of “these unprecedented times” on group consciousness. The pandemic has also forced the realm of entertainment to evolve. Art has always been a refuge in times of emergency, and we have had to largely withstand this period of isolation without the comfort that resides in the solidarity of coming together as an audience. Thankfully, movie theaters have once again begun to open in the United States. Just a few months ago, I got to take in John Cassavetes’ A Woman Under the Influence in 35mm at the Paris Theater. To sit in the dark with others and hold a bag of popcorn in my hands felt better than it ever has. Following the Warner Bros...

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