Deadline 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 and Jon Read for Savage Rose Productions under their production and development partnership with Neon. Overseeing for Neon will be Jason Wald, EVP Acquisitions & Production, Claire Timmons, VP Talent Relations, and Kate Gondwe, Manager ADP. The deal was negotiated with WME Independent and UTA Independent Film Group.
The Wrong Girls marks Neon’s third film with Stewart following Pablo Larraín’s Spencer, which brought the actress her first Oscar nomination for her turn as Princess Diana, as well as David Cronenberg’s Cannes selection Crimes of the Future.
Coming off of rave reviews for her turn in Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding, Stewart will next be seen in Michael Angarano’s road trip comedy Sacramento, out April 11. She’s wrapped production on her feature directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, and will also soon be seen starring in Panos Cosmatos’ vampire pic Flesh of the Gods opposite Oscar Isaac, as well as Amazon MGM’s limited series The Challenger on astronaut Sally Ride.
Shawkat has recently been seen in Zoë Kravitz’s acclaimed directorial debut Blink Twice and the second season of Apple TV+’s Severance, as well as the buzzy Sundance drama Atropia, which won the festival’s U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.
Meyer produced Stewart’s The Chronology of Water and is otherwise perhaps best known for co-writing the Amy Poehler-directed dramedy Moxie.
Neon is the studio behind Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or wunner Anora, which is currently up for six Oscars, including Best Picture. The company also released Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig, which is up for Best International Feature, and this weekend unveils The Monkey, filmmaker Osgood Perkins’ anticipated follow-up to Longlegs. Other upcoming Neon productions include Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters, David Robert Mitchell’s They Follow, and Michael Covino’s Splitsville.
Stewart is repped by WME and McKuin Frankel Whitehead; Shawkat by UTA, Mgmt Entertainment, and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols; Rogen by UTA, Principal Entertainment LA, and Felker Toczek Suddleson; Nanjiani by UTA, Mosaic, and Schreck Rose Dapello; Stanfield by CAA, Stark Management, and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis; Fox by WME and Elixr Global; Hale by UTA and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; and Meyer by UTA, Anonymous Content, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
Indiewire Kristen Stewart has found the right co-stars for her upcoming feature “The Wrong Girls.” Stewart, who co-wrote the film with her fiancée Dylan Meyer (“Moxie”), will also star in the feature and produce it. “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 film 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” that she is “doing backflips” about having “The Wrong Girls” go into production.
“Dylan wrote that script, ‘The Wrong Girls,’ years ago and we are producing it now,” Stewart said. “We start shooting in two weeks and I’m like doing backflips about it. I’m so excited we get to shoot in L.A. and that in and of itself seems like a fantasy. Alia Shawkat is my other ‘Wrong Girl’ and we’re putting it together, like in quite a literal way, right now.”
Production began in early February. The feature is one of the first independent films going into production in L.A. amid the recent devastating wildfires.
Over the course of the film’s 29 day production, the film will employ approximately 100 people per day, 95 percent of which will be local L.A. residents, including Emmy-nominated cinematographer Todd Banhazl (“Winning Time”, “Hustlers”), singer-songwriter and composer Ty Segall, and Emmy-nominated costumer Heidi Bivens (“Euphoria”). Philadelphia punk band Mannequin Pussy will also bring their explosive energy to the film with a live performance at a long-shuttered Los Angeles DIY space.
“The Wrong Girls” is NEON and Stewart’s third collaboration together following Pablo Larraín’s acclaimed Academy Award-nominated 2021 film “Spencer” and David Cronenberg’s 2022 Cannes Official Selection “Crimes of the Future.”
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