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EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films has taken North American rights to Martha Stephens\u2019 feature film To the Stars, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.<\/p>\nEXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films has taken North American rights to Martha Stephens\u2019 feature film To the Stars, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.<\/p>\n
Set in a god-fearing 1960s small town in Oklahoma, To the Stars follows bespectacled and reclusive teen Iris as she endures the booze-induced antics of her mother and daily doses of bullying from her classmates. She finds solace in Maggie, the charismatic and enigmatic new girl at school, who hones in on Iris\u2019 untapped potential and coaxes her out of her shell. When Maggie\u2019s mysterious past can no longer be suppressed, the tiny community is thrown into a state of panic, leaving Maggie to take potentially drastic measures and inciting Iris to stand up for her friend and herself.<\/p>\n
Manchester by the Sea\u2018s Kara Hayward stars along with Liana Liberato (The Best of Me), two-time Veep Emmy winner Tony Hale, Jordana Spiro (Netflix\u2019s Ozark), Malin Akerman (Showtime\u2019s Billions, Watchmen), Shea Whigham (Amazon\u2019s Homecoming), Lucas Jade Zumann (TV\u2019s Anne with an E) and Adelaide Clemens (SundanceTV\u2019s Rectify).<\/p>\n
Stephens\u2019 previous films include Land Ho! which was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics, Pilgrim Song, and Passenger Pigeons.<\/p>\n
The deal was negotiated by Peter Goldwyn and Meg Longo on behalf of Samuel Goldwyn Films, and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers. Foreign rights to the film are represented by International Film Trust. To the Stars also made its international premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were taken with the tender relationship between Liana Liberato and Kara Hayward\u2019s characters, as well as the delightful supporting cast of teens and adults that make this a memorable and heartfelt coming-of-age story. Martha Stephens is a visionary director that balances the comedy, drama, and growing pains of growing up,\u201d Longo said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFifteen years ago while I was in film school, the last thing I\u2019d see before shutting my eyes for the night was a poster of David Lynch\u2019s Wild at Heart tacked onto my pockmarked wall. The iconic Samuel Goldwyn logo stamped at the poster\u2019s bottom represented a sort of success that I could only long for at that time. How cool is it to come full circle?\u201d added Stephens.<\/p>\n
To the Stars was written by Shannon Bradley-Colleary; produced by Kristin Mann, Laura D. Smith and Erik Rommesmo; and executive produced by Carlos Enrique Cusc\u00f3, Emerson Machtus, Natalia Busquets, Kevin Christianson, Joe Christianson, Karen Schlossman, Jeff Schlossman, Bill Wallwork, Kerri Elder and Blake Elder. The film was financed by Northern Lights Films, Foton Pictures and Rockhill Studios, and produced in association with Prowess Pictures.<\/p>\n
Northern Lights was behind the indie cult hit It Follows, and also financed Matt Walsh\u2019s feature directorial debut High Road starring Ed Helms, Lizzy Caplan and Dylan O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n
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