{"id":5662,"date":"2022-09-21T01:04:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T01:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/?p=5662"},"modified":"2022-10-18T01:07:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T01:07:38","slug":"deadline-scrambled-9-21-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/deadline-scrambled-9-21-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate Picks Up Global Rights To Leah McKendrick Comedy \u2018Scrambled\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lionsgate Picks Up Global Rights To Leah McKendrick Comedy \u2018Scrambled\u2019: <\/h1>\n

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has acquired worldwide rights to Scrambled, written by and starring Leah McKendrick, who makes her feature directorial debut on the comedy, which just wrapped filming.<\/p>\n

Produced by Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer\u2019s Megamix, along with Brett Haley and Amanda Mortimer, and executive producer Mariah Owen, the film stars McKendrick as Nellie Robinson, a broke, single 34-year-old, fresh off a breakup, who faces down an existential crisis when she decides to freeze her eggs. McKendrick wrote the script following her own egg-retrieval experience last year.<\/p>\n

The ensemble cast includes Ego Nwodim (SNL, Love Life), Andrew Santino (Dave), Clancy Brown (Shawshank Redemption, John Wick 4, Dexter: New Blood), Laura Cer\u00f3n (Station 19, ER), Adam Rodriguez (Magic Mike, Criminal Minds), Yvonne Strahovski (Handmaid\u2019s Tale), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie, Long Shot), Noah Silver (Tyrant), and Sterling Sulieman (Station 19). The cast also includes Max Adler, Mimi Kennedy, Camille Mana, and Matt Pascua.<\/p>\n

McKendrick is a Latina American multi-hyphenate from San Francisco. She wrote, produced and co-starred in the vigilante thriller M.F.A. alongside Francesca Eastwood which premiered at SXSW and was dubbed \u201cthe first horror movie to speak to the #MeToo era\u201d by The New York Times. McKendrick\u2019s romcom feature Voicemails for Isabelle was preempted by Sony Pictures and landed her on the Black List in 2019. She then wrote the highly-anticipated Grease prequel Summer Lovin\u2019 for Paramount, and set up a second Paramount feature, Better Late than Never, which she is attached to direct. She is currently penning TriStar\u2019s reboot of the \u201980s cult classic Troop Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n

The project continues Lionsgate\u2019s collaboration with Megamix, which has a production deal with the studio. The studio will go into production next year on a sequel to Dirty Dancing, starring and executive produced by Jennifer Grey, which Megamix will produce and Levine will direct. The studio also recently announced the Megamix production, Sailing, a yacht rock musical comedy to star Woody Harrelson.<\/p>\n

BondIt Media Capital is providing production financing. Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor and Grady Craig executive produce for BondIt.<\/p>\n

McAuley Cahill and Jordan Backhus co-produce for Megamix.<\/p>\n

Chad Russo at Ramo Law negotiated the deal on behalf of the production. McKendrick is represented by UTA, manager David Clark of Mazo Partners, and Joel VanderKloot of VanderKloot Law. Megamix is represented by Carlos Goodman at Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.<\/p>\n

View this article at Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lionsgate Picks Up Global Rights To Leah McKendrick Comedy \u2018Scrambled\u2019: EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has acquired worldwide rights to Scrambled, written by and starring Leah McKendrick, who makes her feature directorial debut on the comedy, which just wrapped filming. Produced by Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer\u2019s Megamix, along with Brett Haley and Amanda Mortimer, and executive producer
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