Bel Powley Join Indie Drama ‘The Diary Of A Teenage Girl’
Caviar and Cold Iron Pictures have come aboard to finance and produce The Diary of a Teenage Girl, based on Phoebe Gloeckner’s graphic novel. The 1970s-set film, which is filming in San Francisco, follows a brutally honest teenage artist (Powley, in her U.S. feature debut) as she attempts to navigate her way through an affair with her mother’s boyfriend. Bert Hamelinck and Madeline Samit of Caviar (Nymphomaniac) will produce along with Miranda Bailey of Cold Iron and Anne Carey of Archer Gray. Amanda Marshall and Michael Sagol are executive producers along with Jorma Taccone.
Wiig, a 2011 Oscar nominee for her Bridesmaids screenplay, is onscreen in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Skarsgard stars on HBO’s vampire drama True Blood, which is ending its run after next season, and appeared in the recent features The East and What Maisie Knew. Heller is an alum of the Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Labs. UTA will handle domestic sales of the film. K5 International will handle foreign sales.
British actress Powley, who will play the title character, makes her American film debut in the feature. Powley best known for her breakout role in the Royal Court Theatre's West End production of "Tusk Tusk," for which she was nominated for the Evening Standard Best Newcomer Award, Tom Stoppard's "Arcardia" on Broadway, and the recent production of "Jumpt," Royal Court Theatre and West End.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl [Initial Teaser For Promo Purposes]
The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a film adaptation of the graphic novel by Phoebe Gloeckner. It is supported by the Sundance Institute writers and directors labs, and is slated to go into production in the fall of 2013.You have read this article with the title Bel Powley: join Indie ‘The Diary Of A Teenage Girl’. You can bookmark this page URL http://duk78.blogspot.com/2014/01/bel-powley-join-indie-diary-of-teenage.html. Thanks!
